Solicitor/Associate - Construction Insurance

Are you looking for a role offering intellectual challenge and industry-leading quality work, without compromising on genuine flexibility? An opportunity in our Professional & Commercial Risk team may be for you.

We’re seeking a Solicitor/Associate (2+ PQE) with an interest in construction, engineering and energy claims to join the team based in our Manchester/Leeds office. You’ll play an active role in the continued growth and success of the team, in collaboration with our wider practice in the North, nationally and internationally.

Our team acts for all the main insurance companies and parties in the supply chain across the construction industry, and deals with the full spectrum of insurance work from policy coverage advice, recovery and strategic advice to insurers.

Join a truly international firm where collaboration across disciplines fuels variety and creative problem-solving for high-calibre clients.

Key Responsibilities

As part of the team, you will have:

• A mixed workload of construction insurance claims, including policy coverage advice on CAR/EAR issues in particular
• Responsibility for conducting both pre-action and litigated matters, as well as assisting more senior fee earners
• Responsibility for running disclosure exercises and drafting witness statements
• A good understanding of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation
• The opportunity to liaise directly with experts and counsel

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 2+ years PQE, with insurance litigation experience, construction experience a bonus
• Strong relationship and client-handling skills, commensurate with experience
• A good level of self-sufficiency, managing a caseload commensurate with experience
• Change-oriented, with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
• Team oriented and collegiate, with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team
• A willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're 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-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Note for Recruitment Agencies

DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).

Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.

For PSL queries, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected]