Commercial Disputes (Insurance) Senior Associate

Role profileWe have an
exciting new opportunity for a Senior Associate in our Commercial Disputes
team, focusing in particular on insurance coverage and litigation for
policyholders (but with scope to maintain a broader commercial litigation
practice alongside this work).This
opportunity is available on a permanent, full-time basis and we're open to
considering candidates wishing to be based in any of our three UK offices
(London, Reading and Bristol).The practiceThe insurance
team sits within our wider commercial disputes team, which acts on a wide range
of litigation and crisis management mandates for a broad range of international
and domestic clients, including market leaders in technology and telecoms, life
sciences and energy sectors in particular.We are
frequently asked to represent clients on complex insurance disputes, primarily
on behalf of policyholders.  Insurance
instructions include contentious matters advising on policy coverage, assisting
clients with claims preparation and advocacy, coverage litigation and
arbitration. In addition, the team handle an increasing volume of
noncontentious matters including policy advisory work, advising on
transactional insurance policies, and other insurance advisory work.Due to the
nature of the practice, issues arise in relation to a many different classes of
business including Cyber, D&O, E&O, Property, Energy, Casualty,
Constructions and W&I.Technical skills and experienceYou will be a
commercial litigator with experience in providing coverage advice, on behalf of
policyholders or insurers and with an interest in developing these skills in a fast-growing
policyholder focused insurance practice. 
Ideally, you will also have some experience of providing noncontentious
insurance advice or be keen develop this part of your practice. Familiarity
with multiple classes of insurance business is also an advantage.The nature of
the practice is such that you should have a good grasp of basic aspects of
insurance law such that you feel confident on providing practical advice and
guidance on a wide spectrum of insurance issues (with partner level support
where required).  You should also have
keen eye for detail and the ability to provide careful and concise advice.  You will also have experience of UK coverage
litigation and/or arbitration.Due to the
nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking for an
Associate or Senior Associate, although we will consider candidates with more
or less experience.Your career
developmentLike all our
lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development
programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:clear expectations of your role and what
it takes to progress;high quality clients and work, with early
responsibility and client exposure;thorough assessment and individual
feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;robust technical training with early
skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; andreward for your contribution, progression and
potential, rather than PQE or tenure.
Salary and benefitsWe offer
competitive salaries and generous benefits. Our recruitment process
We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.About YouAbout UsOsborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
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