Insurance Contentious Associate

Insurance Contentious Associate (2-8 yrs PQE)

London

Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a lawyer to join the Firms contentious insurance practice in the London office. The candidate will have a broad experience of insurance litigation and related financial services disputes.

We are ideally looking for a dynamic candidate with excellent client skills and with between 2 and 8 years PQE of experience.

The work will be a mixture of general insurance coverage defence work commercial disputes (acting for both insurers and policyholders) remediation schemes and commercial litigation for financial services firms. Examples of the type of work would include:

• Providing coverage advice and analysis on a variety of policy wordings including D&O PTL Crime Property/BI Professional indemnity Construction (CAROAR DSU) W&I and Employers liability
• Acting for insurers and financial institutions in a range of commercial disputes including arbitrations.
• Representing financial institutions and Directors and Officers in the defence of claims against them and regulatory investigations and more generally FCA and PRA contentious regulatory issues with the FCA (including investigations and enhanced supervision projects)
• Profit share and commission disputes between regulated and non-regulated businesses;
• advising on retail and commercial product sales with a view to avoiding or mitigating regulatory enforcement
• Acting for commercial policyholders on a range of contentious insurance matters
• FOS complaints and disputes.
• Remediation scheme architecture drafting and implementation

Financial Services and Insurance at Pinsent Masons

The Financial Services Sector is one of the largest in revenue terms of our four Global Sectors. Insurance sits at the heart of our financial services practice with three out of ten of the Firms top ten clients last year coming from the Insurance sector.

Background on the RIF team

The RIF Team within which the Insurance segment sits consists of around 60 lawyers who focus on FS litigation insurance contentious and non-contentious financial services work allowing for opportunities of close collaboration and cross team working. The Teams primary clients are leading market financial services firms such as global corporates including infrastructure businesses banks insurers funds and brokers.

Clients include major global and UK insurance businesses like Allianz Aviva AXA Riverstone Bupa Intact and Zurich. We also act for a number of broker groups leading brand retail distributors (especially in the sports sector) and infrastructure sector employers and contractors.

The nature of the work is a broad base of contentious insurance work and will involve supporting one or more of the contentious partners legal directors and/or senior associates within a team environment.

The Candidate Required

The successful candidate must be technically excellent but equally important commercially aware and enthusiastic about business development. They will be a team player with a strong client-focussed approach. They will also have excellent communication and organisational skills.

Ultimately they will have the soft-skills allied with technical delivery to create their own practice and generate revenue. Lawyers in the Insurance Team are encouraged to develop trusted adviser status at the Executive level for our largest clients and they will be supported to develop these skills by lawyers with a proven track record of doing this.

What will we offeryou

• A market-leading dynamic and growing global team that works collaboratively to deliver outstanding results for our clients.
• Early responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.
• Genuine long-term career prospects supported by our best in class training and Academy personal development programmes.
• A first-class training and career development programme including monthly one-to-ones career discussions and biannual appraisals.
• Training that reflects our position as a leader in communications and sourcing helping you develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver best of breed services.

Awards

Pinsent Masons is proud to be consistently recognized as a leading international law firm. Recently we have been awarded for innovation and client excellence at the European Legal Innovation & Technology Awards 2025 and named Best Law Firm Advisory Team for ESG Regulatory and Compliance at the Legal 500 ESG Awards 2025. We also hold the Stonewall Gold Award for Workplace Equality and rank among the Top 75 Employers for Social Mobility in the UK. Our commitment to flexibility and inclusion is reflected in our continued position as one of the Top 10 Employers for Working Families. Previous accolades include being named Europes Most Innovative Law Firm by the Financial Times and Global Construction Law Firm of the Year by Whos Who Legal. These achievements highlight our dedication to creating an innovative inclusive and supportive environment for our people. For a full list of global awards and nominations visit note we only accept applications made via our recruitment portal.Should you require further details please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam who can discuss the role and requirements.

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