Insurance Litigation Associate (mid-level)

The role

This is a mid-level Insurance Litigation Associate role at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in London, United Kingdom. The role focuses on complex contentious insurance work, including coverage disputes, regulatory matters, and professional negligence claims for a variety of clients.

What you'll do

• Deliver excellent client service and manage and deliver discrete pieces of legal work
• Make an effective contribution to the firm’s work by aiming to meet and exceed target hours
• Build a solid foundation of commercial and legal expertise within a chosen area of law and strengthen relationships with clients, frequently acting as a direct point of contact
• Be responsible for some management and delegation of work to and support of junior colleagues
• Manage work to support optimal utilisation; assist senior lawyers as required, acting as lead lawyer, where appropriate; delegate and provide feedback to juniors and communicate progress on tasks to supervisor and team members, consulting and offering solutions on difficult technical client issues; and manage the billing process as appropriate
• Manage, develop and strengthen client relationships through anticipating client needs and expectations; and provide prompt responses and updates on progress
• Support the firm and others - establish effective relationships with individuals and groups, across the global network; uphold the firm’s values; contribute to the firm’s initiatives (eg corporate social responsibility and diversity and inclusion activities); mentor and support juniors; raise profile by being involved with external bodies and supporting and attending marketing/industry events; and assist with internal training and preparation of legal precedents
• Comply with risk requirements, firm policies and all relevant professional responsibilities and legislation and contribute to billing, engagement and client acceptance processes
• Entail a range of contentious insurance work including coverage disputes
• Involve assisting clients in the insurance sector with contentious regulatory matters and some advisory work in the context of policy reviews
• Entail handling significant professional negligence claims (mainly involving insurance brokers and solicitors)

What we're looking for