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 London office.

The successful candidate may come from either private practice or an in-house legal, risk or professional indemnity function who has 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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