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Paralegal - Insurance Services

Geplaatst 23 mrt. 2024
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0 tot 2 jaar
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Functie
Soort opleiding
Taalvereiste
Engels (Vloeiend)

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The Commercial Insurance team at DWF provide high quality commercial advice on a wide range of matters including policy interpretation, FOS matters, property damage (subrogated recoveries and defending), non-injury counter fraud, product liability and professional indemnity. We are seeking applications from bright graduates who are keen to begin their legal careers.

Person Specification

  • We are seeking candidates with a strong academic performance including a 2:1 at degree level, preferably but not necessarily in Law.
  • The ability to work well within the wider insurance team, to self-motivate and to provide guidance and support to junior team members when required.
  • Excellent communication and organisation skills.

Main Duties:

  • Achieve time recording targets split between chargeable and investment time in any one financial year.
  • Achieve individual financial targets in line with sales plan.
  • Understand client requirements and manage cases in line with service level agreements and best practice.
  • Analyse risk and further develop sound judgement enabling the justification of decisions to clients internally and externally.
  • Prioritise work effectively and to maximise efficiency in working practices.
  • Understand individual role in the context of the practice group and pro-actively seek to contribute to increased efficiency in developing a case load appropriate to level of technical, legal knowledge.
  • Build working relationships internally and externally in order to develop business networks and create a solid understanding of the Firm’s direction and client needs.
  • Develop increased levels of technical and commercial knowledge via training or supervised working practices.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

DWF is a global legal business, transforming legal services through our people for our clients. Like us, our clients recognise that the world is changing fast and the old rules no longer apply. That’s why we’re always finding agile ways to tackle new challenges together. But we don’t simply claim to be different. We prove it through every detail of…


DWF is a global legal business, transforming legal services through our people for our clients. Like us, our clients recognise that the world is changing fast and the old rules no longer apply. That’s why we’re always finding agile ways to tackle new challenges together. But we don’t simply claim to be different. We prove it through every detail of our work, across every level. We go beyond conventions and expectations.

We connect on a global scale, sharing our knowledge and technical expertise to identify and anticipate challenges for clients within their sectors. We work with a range of FTSE 100 multinational household names to private individuals, from both the public and private sector. Building business relationships that inspire trust and confidence across all levels of our business, means we deliver an exceptional client experience.

By questioning traditions and thinking beyond conventions, we achieve outstanding levels of innovation through our range of consultative services, technology and products that complement our legal offering. We have received recognition for our work by The Financial Times, who named us as one of Europe's most innovative legal advisers.

Join us on our shared journey to redefine legal services and you’ll benefit from the most innovative thinkers, technical experts and outstanding sector specialists, and together we will find agile ways to tackle your business challenges.

Employing over 2,800+ people across 27
locations, the firm has core strengths in corporate and banking, insurance, real estate and litigation, and in-depth industry expertise in several chosen sectors including central and local government, energy and industrials, financial services, retail, food and hospitality, technology and transport.

Our locations:

London, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
Leeds, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Brussels, Belgium
Dublin, Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cologne, Germany
Munich, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Paris, France
Singapore
Sydney, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Newcastle. Australia
Chicago, USA
Toronto, Canada
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jeddah, KSA
Riyadh, KSA
Panama, North America
Istanbul, Turkey
Milan, Italy
Doha, Qatar

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