Personal Injury Solicitor

Associate / Senior Associate - Insurance Disputes - Birmingham Permanent | Full time BCL Legal has been instructed on a fantastic opportunity for an Associate or Senior Associate to join a leading national law firm in Birmingham. We are looking for a Senior Associate with a minimum of four years current post-qualification experience to join our Insurance Disputes National Service Line (NSL) based in our Birmingham office. You will be responsible for running your own case load of EL and PL claims including those valued well into the Multi Track. You will also be undertaking work on catastrophic injury claims largely arising from industrial accidents, assisting the senior team members on those cases. You will act for direct corporate clients, insurers of commercial entities and other intermediaries acting as third party administrators to Underwriters of commercial and combined risks. You will also be supervising junior lawyers including trainees and paralegals and assist in team marketing events and delivering client seminars. The person You will have relevant experience dealing with personal injury claims and litigation. You will be able to 'hit the ground running', and will have managed your own caseload independently, guiding and directing the resource of others to achieve the agreed strategy and interim objectives in a given piece of litigation. Ideally you will also have experience assisting Partner level fee earners of your team on larger cases. Essential Extensive Defendant Personal Injury Litigation experience Excellent written English for drafting purposes Advocacy skills Self-starting with common sense and initiative The benefits On Offer - A competitive salary and benefits package. - High-quality, complex work for a leading client base. - Genuine career progression opportunities within a supportive environment. BCL Legal is an equal opportunities employer.