Solicitor / Chartered Legal Executive

Job title:

Solicitor / Chartered Legal Executive

Company

DAC Beachcroft

Job description

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Solicitor / Paralegal to join our Corporate Insurance and Risk (CIR) team handling a mixture of EL and PL Casualty claims, predominantly for large blue chip Corporate clients.We are looking for candidates nationwide on a full time basis. DAC Beachcroft Claims Solutions Group operates from 12 UK locations across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, employing over 1,000 people.Corporate Insurance & Risk (‘CIR’) is part of the Claims Solutions Group with a focus on advising Corporate clients in their defence of claims of all values, types and complexity.As part of our DACB Claims Solutions Group strategy, we are looking to further develop and grow our business across our target corporate industries.What’s in it for you?

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance –
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!What you will do

• Working within the Corporate Insurance & Risk (CIR) team, your caseload will be made up of a mixture of EL and PL claims, predominantly for corporate clients. The claims handled by you will be a mixture of pre-litigated and litigated cases to ensure continuity for the client. Significant experience of dealing with pre-litigated fast track EL and PL claims is essential and we will be looking for a candidate to work on a broad profile of cases, who has the ability to build strong, trusting relationships with clients. Some experience in dealing with litigated EL and PL claims is preferable but not essential.
• Provide a timely, professional and high-quality service to corporate clients in the management of injury cases.
• Be responsible for effectively and commercially handling a varied caseload of EL and PL work with an appropriate level of supervision.
• Act as a trusted advisor for clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience.
• Create value to clients, by identifying opportunities and delivering creative, bespoke legal solutions to support the challenges they face.
• Support marketing and business development activity within CIR (e.g. attending marketing events, delivering client training, clinics, meetings and entertainment activities).
• Build an awareness of DAC Beachcroft’s other services.
• Build effective internal and external networks.
• Maintain an awareness of the Firm’s strategies and plans.
• Handle confidential information in line with the firms data security protocols.
• Potential for supervision and management responsibilities in the future.
• Comply with internal and external service level agreements.
• Record timely and accurate management information.
• Meet individual performance measures.

Who you areWe understand the value of diverse teams and we are therefore very open minded about the background and qualification of our new team members. Generalist pre-litigation experience is a ‘must’ for the role, as well as a thorough understanding and significant experience of EL/PL claims. However, we are happy to welcome Solicitors, CILEx, Barristers and generalist experienced Paralegals if your experience is right for the role.A successful candidate must have:

• Excellent relationship and client handling skills. Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues, as well as able to take ownership and accountability for building and maintaining relationships.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and build strong and long lasting relationships.
• Experience in dealing with Corporate clients, including representing the business at in-person meetings and entertaining clients where necessary.
• Commercial skills – The ability to recognise and the drive to develop a legitimate commercial opportunity, with support.
• An ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues.
• Analytical skills – The ability to critically look at factual evidence, identify key legal arguments and apply the same.
• IT skills – Be IT literate with a good working knowledge of Excel and Word.
• Prioritisation & Organisation skills – The ability to organise their own time, recognise what’s a time pressure, what’s important and when to ask for help.
• Resilience – The ability to stand their ground in a telephone negotiation and to receive feedback.
• Knowledge of using social media – to effectively market the CIR brand and offering.
• Demonstrates alignment with the Firm’s Cultural Principles (Clear, Creative, Determined and Supportive).

About DAC BeachcroftWe are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual’ rankings.Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit .What you need to know about applyingAt DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at

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Location

England – Wales

Job date

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:27:34 GMT

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