Senior Professional Indemnity Lawyer (12 Month FTC)

A prestigious international law firm is looking to appoint a Senior Professional Indemnity Lawyer on a 12-month fixed-term contract, based in its Manchester office.

The successful candidate may come from either private practice or an in-house legal, risk or professional indemnity function and should have strong experience in professional negligence claims, ideally including claims brought against solicitors.

Key Responsibilities for the Senior Professional Indemnity Lawyer role:

• Advising on a broad range of professional negligence and professional indemnity claims.
• Managing and assessing claims against the firm, including claims involving solicitors and legal services.
• Providing clear, commercially focused advice on legal, regulatory and reputational risk.
• Identifying, assessing and managing risk across the firm's business and client matters.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders, including partners, lawyers and senior members of the firm's risk and professional indemnity teams.
• Supporting the management and resolution of complex and high-value claims.
• Working collaboratively with external advisers, insurers and other relevant stakeholders where required.

About You:

• Qualified lawyer with significant post-qualification experience.
• Strong experience advising on professional negligence and professional indemnity claims.
• Ideally, experience handling claims against solicitors or other professional services firms.
• Strong understanding of identifying, assessing and managing legal and commercial risk.
• Experience of real estate-related claims would be advantageous.
• Candidates may come from either private practice or an in-house legal, risk or professional indemnity function.

This Senior Professional Indemnity Lawyer role is an excellent opportunity for a qualified lawyer with significant post-qualification experience to join a sophisticated in-house legal and risk function, advising on professional indemnity matters and supporting the firm in identifying, assessing and managing legal and commercial risk.

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