Senior Associate - Property & Liability

Role: Senior Associate

Location: Manchester

Department: Property & Liability

Clyde & Co is a global law firm with leading expertise in insurance, reinsurance, and dispute resolution. Our Property & Liability team handles high‑value, complex claims for a diverse range of clients including insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and large corporates. We pride ourselves on delivering commercial, pragmatic advice combined with technical excellence, a collaborative approach and a deep understanding of risk.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Associate to join our Property & Liability team. The team work across complex property claims (including large‑scale first‑party losses), coverage issues, defended liability and indemnity matters, as well as subrogated recoveries.

The successful candidate will play a key role in defending liability claims, working closely with clients across both domestic and commercial matters. In addition, the role offers significant exposure to subrogated recovery actions across a broad range of non‑injury losses, including claims involving the application of warranties, conditions and exclusion clauses, incorporation of terms, and issues of misrepresentation and non‑disclosure. This is an excellent opportunity to work on technically challenging matters within a collaborative and highly regarded practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of complex property claims, including large‑scale losses (e.g. fire, flood, business interruption)
• Provide robust advice on coverage issues, policy interpretation and defences, ensuring that clients understand their rights and obligations
• Handle subrogated recovery work: identifying, investigating, pursuing third‑party claims and coordinating with other jurisdictions or insurers
• Lead defended liability and indemnity claims, preparing pleadings, strategy, evidence, expert reports, settlement negotiations and trials if required
• Engage with a broad spectrum of stakeholders: insurers, brokers, adjusters, experts, other law firms, regulatory bodies, and clients themselves
• Supervise junior lawyers and support staff; delegate tasks, provide coaching and feedback
• Ensure that work is delivered on time, on budget, and to high quality standards
• Contribute to business development activities: proposals, client meetings, technical updates, thought leadership

Skills & Experience Required

• Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with 4+ year PQE in insurance contentious work, specifically Property & Liability claims
• Significant experience handling complex first‑party property claims, including business interruption, major property damage, flood/fire losses etc.
• Strong track record advising on coverage issues and policy wording, with ability to interpret, defend or challenge coverage in complex factual situations
• Experience of subrogation: identifying recovery prospects, drafting claims, negotiating settlement or prosecuting recovery claims
• Experience of defended liability and indemnity claims: drafting pleadings, leading strategy, managing disclosure, experts, litigation or arbitration as required
• Excellent legal analysis and writing skills; attention to detail; ability to present arguments clearly in both written and oral form
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation skills and commercial awareness
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple cases under pressure
• Comfortable supervising junior team members, helping with their development

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net‑Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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