Department: Insurance, Financial & Professional
Disputes - Accountants PI
Location: London
Role: Senior Associate
The Team
Our Accountants' Litigation and Regulatory team, which sits within
our wider Professional and Financial Disputes team, is made up of four
partners leading a team of lawyers who specialise in acting for
accountants, auditors, tax advisors, insolvency practitioners and
other finance professionals and their insurers. We advise on the
defence of civil claims, regulatory investigations and disciplinary
proceedings, and on the management of risk, compliance and regulatory exposures.
With 30 years of experience advising in this field, our team is able
to draw upon a wealth of industry knowledge to provide clients with
sound and skilled advice.
The Role
This role offers the successful candidate an opportunity to be part
of our growing accountants professional indemnity team. You will have
the opportunity to work for a range of clients including accountancy
practices of all sizes, from the 'Big Four' and their global networks
to smaller firms who are expanding and keen to grow their market
share, individual practitioners and their insurers.
Essential Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate will have strong litigation experience with a
background in professional liability. Some previous experience
acting for accountancy and audit firms would be preferable but is
not essential.
Previous regulatory experience would also be an advantage but is
not essential.
The candidate should have excellent technical legal skills
including drafting and strategy management, as well as experience of
managing and prioritising a full and varied caseload.
We are ideally looking for a candidate who has a minimum of 6 PQE.
Please note that our PQE levels are a guide and all suitable
candidates will be considered.
The Solicitors Act 1974 requires practicing solicitors to have a
practicing certificate;
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the
sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely:
insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It
is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious
and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal
advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is
committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing
towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity
of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its
communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable
partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The
firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000
people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite
us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and
our firm. We:
Work as one
We are a globally connected team of talented people
who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
Excel with clients
We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver
unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of
everything we do
Celebrate difference
We help each other to be at our best and believe our
differences result in greater achievement
Act boldly We
seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising
that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Role Competency Requirements
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and
professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to
be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to
fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of career
development. They vary across levels and different business areas and
fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to
apply it
Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially
Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes
are followed efficiently and effectively
People and Team
Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills
of self and others
Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively
with others
Leadership: creating high performing teams
Client Relationships and Business Development
Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using
relationships to create and develop business opportunities
Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers
Cross-selling and business development
Finance and Practice Management
Finance management and understanding of the business
Project management: ensuring projects are delivered
Knowledge sharing
Personal Effectiveness
Communication
Clarity of thinking
Personal contribution
This is the job description as constituted at present; however
the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance
with the changing needs of the business.
