Solicitor
- Recruiter
- DAC Beachcroft LLP
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 11 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 09 Oct 2017
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Insurance, Property and Planning
- PQE Level
- 5-7
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Solicitor
Property Casualty
Who we are
Acting across the full breadth of the insurance market, we understand both the strategic and the day-to-day issues our clients face. DAC Beachcroft is recognised as a pre-eminent advisor to the insurance market, and we place a strong emphasis on the long-term relationships we build with our clients so that we can really add value to their business.
Our international reach includes a presence in key insurance markets across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and representative offices in New York and Miami, as well as formal relationships with law firms in Germany, Australia and across North America through our recently established "Legalign" alliance.
What we are known for
- We act for leading UK and global insurance and reinsurers;
- We provide comprehensive claims resolution and policy advice including mediation, arbitration and litigation in UK, internationally and in multi-jurisdictional cases;
- We have a specialist insurance claims, regulatory and advisory team;
- We provide cross-class capability;
- We operate as one firm, one team, one approach;
- We demonstrate international expertise and local knowledge.
The role
DAC Beachcroft is recognised as a leading market practice in property insurance (domestic and international), providing a comprehensive service that includes handling a broad range of coverage, liability, defence and recovery issues, from multi-million pound major incidents and complicated policy coverage issues to dealing with modest value volume property claims.
We are looking for an experienced (circa 5-7 years' PQE) solicitor to join our market-leading global insurance team based in London, defending high value and complex property, construction and engineering losses for our London market and international insurance clients. Much of our work has an international flavour, with opportunities for travel abroad. Additional languages would be an advantage.
Our Property, Engineering and Construction services
- Coverage issues and policy drafting
- First and third party losses
- Fire, explosions, flood and impact damage
- Property recovery actions
- Major losses
- Plant or building failure
- Fraudulent claims
- ADR/Arbitration
- Comparative law expertise
About the firm
With over 2,300 people, DAC Beachcroft combines one of the most comprehensive UK legal networks with coverage across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia-Pacific. We provide a full service claims, transactional, commercial, risk and advisory capability. We work with clients in a select range of industry sectors and are market leaders in health, insurance and real estate. We are agile, progressive and easy to engage with.
We are committed to supporting the communities where we operate through charitable giving, pro bono work and programmes such as those operated by Business in the Community and The Prince's Trust.
In Chambers UK, the leading legal guide's 2017 edition, the firm received 57 rankings with 36 of our total listings in either Band 1 or Band 2, as well as 99 Ranked Lawyers.
In The Legal 500 UK 2016, one of the leading guides to law firms in the UK, the firm received 105 practice area rankings, over half of which are Tier 1 and 2. In addition to team rankings, 18 of our lawyers have been listed in the elite "leading individuals" list, some in multiple categories, and 161 colleagues are "recommended" in the editorial.
DAC Beachcroft holds certification under ISO9001, the quality assurance standard and ISO27001, the information security standard, and DAC Beachcroft LLP is the largest law firm in the country to hold a Gold Investors in People award.
Application Details
DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.