Department: Insurance Financial and Professional Disputes
Location: Bristol
Role: Full Time
Position: Paralegal/ Legal Executive
The Team
Clyde & Co is the world's pre-eminent insurance law firm,
providing the highest quality advisory and dispute resolution services
to insurers and their clients operating in both established and
emerging markets.
Placing our clients at the centre of everything we do, our aim is to
combine our specialist market experience with market-leading
relationship management to build a service which is tailored
specifically to the needs of our clients, based on an understanding of
their individual claims philosophies and underwriting appetite, as
well as the capital, operational and regulatory issues they face.
We offer an unmatched depth of coverage and defence capabilities
across every line of insurance and reinsurance business, from the
smallest claim to the most complex loss.
Clyde & Co provides clients with ready access to advice on
contentious issues regardless of business sector or location, handling
disputes of all sizes up to complex multi-jurisdictional cases.
The Role
This is an excellent opportunity to join a team to handle a broad
range of insurance liability cases with a focus on defendant
employers' liability, public liability and product liability claims.
We are looking for a paralegal/legal executive to join our team. The
role will include handling pre-litigated claims from first
notification of loss to the conclusion of the claim, providing a
bespoke cradle to grave claims handling service for insurers and
policy holders involving all manner of personal injury claims.
The team has particular expertise in complex, cross-border or
multi-party claims, including those originating from complex injury
claims, product liability, aviation and manufacturing sectors.
The successful candidate will have a varied caseload of Defendant
Employers Liability and Public and Product Liability claims and will
work in a team dedicated to dealing with a number of the UK's largest
insurer clients.
The role would also involve assisting lead
lawyers and partners in all aspect of their cases. At the same time, we would focus on your
development and training generally so as to ensure you are
progressing against objectives and your career goals. Part of this
development will enable the successful candidate to handle their own
litigated files and we have seen many of our junior paralegal's
progress in their careers to become associates within our team.
The team currently enjoys hybrid working.
Essential Skills & Experience
Previous experience working in Personal Injury teams is essential
Understanding of Defendant Employers and Public Liability
litigation work and the MOJ Portal. Previous experience working on
matters on the defendant side is desirable although not essential
Excellent organisational skills
Legal qualifications and/or experience is mandatory;
Excellent attention to detail;
Excellent communication skills.
The ability to meet deadlines and work efficiently by managing
time in a fast-paced environment.
Willingness to learn and develop skills / knowledge
A professional manner with the ability to build relationships
internally and externally
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.
