The Team

Our market-leading catastrophic injury specialists are trusted around the world by general and specialist insurers corporations, and health and public sector bodies to defend their most serious and highest value cases.

We handle the whole range of complex and high value claims including fatality, acquired brain injury, spinal cord damage, amputation, chronic pain, the funding of long-term care and rehabilitation.

We act for most insurers and the team have been recognised for their technical excellence.

The Role

The role would be assisting our London based lead lawyers and partners - no more than two - in every aspect of their cases. With cases involving such serious injury the team adopt a very forensic approach to liability and valuation aspects of the case. It would be assisting with those, instructing counsel and medical experts, taking statements, assessing evidence, reviewing medical records, attending conferences with counsel and court etc. Every case is different and all really interesting. Previous experience in a similar role would be preferred. The successful candidate will be based in Manchester.

At the same time we would focus on your development and training generally so as to ensure you are progressing against objectives. We have fabulous new offices in Manchester. Our paralegals come in 2 days a week and work from home the others. Being around the partners ensures great training and experience.

Key Responsibilities

Your role will involve assisting the London Fee Earner with all aspects of the day to day management of claims, everything from assisting with liability enquiries, obtaining and reviewing medical records and reports, drafting witness statements, preparing instructions to Experts and Counsel, preparing Counsel/Court bundles and any general admin duties.

Essential Skills & Experience

You will be working within a team filled with legal professionals working in an engaging and friendly environment. Our people pride themselves on making an impact through providing an excellent, results and solutions focussed service to our clients. We're looking for people with excellent communication and organisational skills, and an ability to work well under pressure. You will be focussed on delivering a highly professional service to clients, including compliance with client SLAs and MI requirements. Previous experience of assisting or managing your own caseload is beneficial and experience of personal injury litigation would be desirable.

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

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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.