Contingent & Litigation Risks in London Area

Job description

A growth opportunity has arisen to join a recognised speciality legal risk underwriter. The existing team is looking to appoint an experienced solicitor with commercial litigation expertise to join as a key team member. Established interest in litigation and legal risks insurance and funding is essential. This would suit a progressive individual who enjoys client facing work with analytical skills to review a wide range of commercial litigation and legal risks.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a robust network of professionals in law firms and corporates, intermediaries, and funders, and capital providers.
• Able to participate and/or lead in the risk assessment and underwriting of commercial litigation and known contentious risks.
• Develop an understanding of bespoke insurance products related to legal risks including ATE risks, funder indemnity risks, defence side contingent risks, judgement preservation / appeal risks, among others.
• General technical underwriter duties, including screening and underwriting of risks, prep of prep of (non-binding indications) NBIs and referrals.
• Meeting, developing and maintaining of relationships with clients, brokers and related business partners.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience practicing as an associate solicitor with a recognised law firm and ideally experience.
• Comfortable in presenting to develop product awareness/understanding for target clients.
• Developing, implementing, placing, and negotiating of litigation focused contingent liability products to commercial litigants, law firms or other prospective purchasers.

Aventum Search is acting as a retained executive search agency in relation to this vacancy. For more information, please contact, Jared Glazier (Managing Director) for more information.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

04-07-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English