Job Description

Job Title: Associate
Location: London
Department: Specialty Insurance
The Team
The Specialty Insurance team at Clyde & Co is recognised as a market leader in (re)insurance coverage disputes, with expertise in complex, high-value reinsurance matters spanning multiple parties and jurisdictions. Our team advises insurers, reinsurers and insureds on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious matters, including coverage, claims, policy wordings and regulatory issues.
The Role
This role will include advising insurers on a range of specialty products including crisis management (political violence, contingency, product recall, terrorism and kidnap & ransom) and credit and political risk insurance and reinsurance. There will also be an opportunity to work with other the insurance teams including energy. The successful candidate will work on a broad range of complex, high value matters as well as smaller, fast-moving cases, providing coverage advice, drafting and reviewing wordings, and managing disputes including arbitration.
You will have the opportunity to lead on projects and play a central role in client relationships, business development initiatives, and the continued growth of our practice.
Essential Skills & Experience

• We are ideally looking for a candidate at 2 - 5 PQE who has relevant post qualification experience with a leading firm. Please note that our PQE levels are a guide, and all suitable candidates will be considered.

• The successful candidate should have good knowledge and experience of insurance coverage with a knowledge of specialty insurance products a bonus.

• Proven track record in coverage advisory work and wordings.

• Strong dispute resolution skills, with familiarity across a range of arbitral forums

• Project management skills with the ability to lead teams and drive matters forward.

• The candidate should be a self-starter and enthusiastic in developing the practice and a career at the firm.

The Firm
When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.
Our Commitment
Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

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