Assistant Lawyer

**Description**:
Keoghs LLP is one of the leading insurance law firms in the UK and can rightly claim to be amongst the most dynamic in its sector. We now have an exciting opportunity for a talented insurance lawyer to join our Property Risks and Coverage Team. Location is flexible.

Our large and complex cases require a collaborative approach and you will be part of a team handling some of the largest property damage and insurance coverage claims in the UK.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Handling a case load, cradle to grave in own right and where assisting a Large and Complex Lead Lawyer tasks will include:

- Reviewing documents and preparing draft advices to client on behalf of Lead Lawyer
- Bespoke draft advices on coverage for Lead lawyer
- Assisting the Lead lawyer with all aspects of the litigation process
- Considering the issues of coverage, liability, quantum and strategy
- Conducting investigations
- Preparing first draft instructions to counsel and experts
- Legal research
- Document searches
- Attendances at client meetings/strategy discussions/conferences for the purpose of note taking and follow up.
- To ensure compliance with the SRA Standards & Regulations
- Handle a case load in their own right
- Engage in settlement negotiations/roundtable/ADR

The above is not a definitive list of possible work which may be delegated and which you may be required to undertake.

**Working Hours**
35 hours per week, Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with 1 unpaid hour for lunch. Primary location for this role is Bristol. Such other hours are necessarily to comply with client/court obligations.

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:
Recruitment Criteria:

- Legal qualification required i.e. Solicitor/FILEX
- Previous Defendant property insurance litigation experience
- A knowledge and understanding of the types of disputes handled by the department and claims handled by the department’s insurer clients
- Knowledge of product liability related issues, breach of contract, negligence, property law, insurance coverage issue

Desirable
- Experience of dealing with difficult customers

Required Soft Skills:

- An ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to pay attention to detail
- Ability to work with case management systems
- The personal skills to deal with such work as major and expensive litigation involving liaison with senior claims handlers

Values
Our culture is focussed on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our four values are at the heart of everything we do;
We are connected
We are Dynamic
We are Innovative
We succeed together

**Benefits**:

- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
- Family Cover Private Medical Insurance ( Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
- Simply Health Care Cash Plan
- WeCare - 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
- Death in Service
- Critical Illness Cover
- PHI/Income Protection ( Private health insurance)
- Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Tech Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loan*
- Gym Flex*
- Access to Online Discount Sites
- Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
- Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
- Discounts at local retail outlets
- after successfully completing probation

**About Keoghs**:
We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 6,500 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.