Senior Associate - FIDO

The role

Clyde & Co seeks a Senior Associate with 4+ years of experience to join its market-leading Finance and Insurance practice group in London. This role focuses on advising insurers and reinsurers on a broad range of complex Financial Institutions and Directors' & Officers' (FIDO) insurance claims and coverage issues.

What you'll do

• Advise insurers and reinsurers on D&O and Financial Institutions claims, from notification through to resolution
• Handle claims against institutional and retail banks, building societies, pension funds, split capital investment trusts, investment advisers, asset managers and hedge funds
• Act on complex defence matters, including: Directors’ disqualification proceedings, wrongful trading and other insolvency-related claims, civil penalty proceedings, criminal and regulatory enforcement actions arising from alleged corporate and financial misconduct
• Advise on complex coverage issues, including policy interpretation, aggregation, exclusions and indemnity disputes
• Manage and conduct coverage litigation, arbitration and mediation
• Monitor claims for insurers on a global basis, providing strategic input and controlling leakage on large insurance programmes
• Advise and work with steering committees on multi-jurisdictional and high-value claims
• Support partners on business development and contribute to the growth of the FIDO practice
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to team knowledge-sharing initiatives

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