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Associate/ Senior Associate - Financial Professionals Disputes
Location: Flexible (Bristol with Hybrid Working Options)
A top-tier national law firm with a long-standing reputation in complex disputes is seeking an ambitious Associate or Senior Associate to join its rapidly growing financial professionals team. With a strong pipeline of high-value, intellectually stimulating work, this is an exciting opportunity for a lawyer with experience in financial professionals liability to take a significant step forward in their career.
The team operates at the forefront of the market, advising on complex claims involving accountancy firms, financial advisers, pensions professionals, and insolvency practitioners. Many of these matters carry regulatory or international dimensions, including proceedings before the courts and referrals to the FOS and POS. Clients also benefit from robust representation during regulatory investigations led by the FRC, ICAEW, and FCA.
Why This Role?
This is a chance to join one of the most respected professional negligence teams in the UK, ranked in the top tier by Legal 500 and Chambers. The firm's disputes group is known for handling some of the most intricate claims in the market, regularly acting on behalf of major insurers and global professional services firms. The financial professionals team has expanded significantly in recent years, and continued growth means the timing is perfect for the right lawyer to join and carve out a clear route to seniority and leadership.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Leading and managing a varied caseload of professional indemnity matters involving financial professionals
- Advising on complex coverage issues and policy interpretation
- Supporting Partners on high-value or sensitive cases
- Serving as a primary point of contact for insurer clients, ensuring exceptional service delivery
- Participating in business development initiatives, from thought leadership to client presentations
- Mentoring junior team members and contributing to the team's collaborative culture
What We're Looking For:
A qualified solicitor with 4+ years' post-qualification experience (PQE)
- Specific experience handling financial professionals indemnity matters
- A sharp understanding of coverage issues and regulatory frameworks
- Strong commercial awareness and an interest in finance, money-related issues, and tax
- Excellent communication and client-handling skills
- A self-sufficient mindset, balanced with a team-oriented approach
- A genuine desire to grow within a specialist team that values technical excellence and business acumen
What's on Offer
- The opportunity to work within a highly ranked, nationally recognised team
- Competitive salary and structured progression to Senior Associate and beyond
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Access to high-quality training, CPD support, and leadership development
- A collegiate culture that values diversity of thought and experience.
Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.
*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.
