Associate Solicitor

Are you looking to further your legal career?
Come and join our Crime & Regulatory team as either an Associate or Senior Associate here at Markel Law
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you’re wild about horses, bananas for boats or driven by data, you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

We have an excellent opportunity for either an Associate or Senior Associate Solicitor to join our Crime & Regulatory team in our Manchester office. The Crime and Regulatory Team is ranked in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. They undertake a variety of types of regulatory work including inquests, health and safety, licensing, CQC/Ofsted entity regulation and professional discipline work. The team currently includes a Partner, five solicitors, three paralegals and an administrative assistant. The work is fast-moving, varied and challenging, and the successful candidate will receive full training in our internal practices and procedures.

Markel Law LLP (Markel Law) is an independent SRA authorised and regulated legal business offering services to both insured and non-insured clients. Our clients and business partners comprise businesses, high net worth individuals, and associations across a broad spectrum of industries.

We operate out of offices in Manchester, Leeds, London and Croydon and employ over 60 specialist solicitors. Our legal teams guide, support, defend and protect clients through a wide range of key legal services.

What you’ll be doing:

• Be able to demonstrate experience in one or more of the following areas of crime and regulatory law:

  • Professional discipline, experience of healthcare regulation is an advantage

  • Police disciplinary investigations

  • Health, safety, environmental and licensing

  • Ofsted and CQC registration and enforcement

  • Business crime and criminal investigations involving regulated professionals

  • Inquests and public inquiries

• Manage and develop relationships with internal Markel partners

• Demonstrate an understanding of legal expense insurance and liability insurance funded matters

• Be able to manage their own busy case load – including recommending reserves and setting strategies

• Deliver billing and other key performance indicators

• Be able to establish, develop and maintain corporate and individual client relationships – both internally and externally

• Be able to supervise junior staff on smaller files and delegate tasks to junior colleagues / administrative support staff where necessary and appropriate

• Work within an established team of 7 lawyers, 2 paralegals, a trainee solicitor and administrative support

• Provide both contentious and non-contentious legal advice representing businesses and individuals in an insured and uninsured capacity

• Be able to consider and advise upon insurance policy coverage issues where necessary

Our must haves:

• 3 + years PQE

• Be able to demonstrate good technical capabilities in our core practice areas around – Inquest work, Professional Discipline, Entity, Interviews Under Caution, Criminal Cases and Police work

• Have strong people skills as a significant element of the role will involve supporting distressed clients and dealing with the most sensitive of cases

• Be structured, well organised and able to manage competing deadlines and work pressure 

• Have knowledge of legal/insurance relationships and how to work with our insurer clients

• Demonstrate first class client care and communication skills (both written and oral)

• Have high attention to detail and sound case management skills

• Demonstrate positive and co-operative interaction with team members

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus 10% annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

At Markel, we are all about the people, celebrating the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We will ensure that individuals are provided with any reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed, including alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.

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