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We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

As the Senior Legal Advisor, you will provide expert advice for all in-house legal issues across the group ensuring, promotion of and adherence to Irwin Mitchell’s compliance and regulatory policies and procedures. In this role, you will oversee the operational activities of the In-House legal team and support in its delivery of commercial, strategic, legal, and regulatory advice.

What You'll Be Doing

• Researching, drafting, negotiating, and providing legal advice in relation to wide ranging litigation including high value claims, complex claims involving various stakeholders e.g. insurers, brokers, surveyors, accountants, solicitors, and external counsel.
• Working with senior management across the firm to support the legal aspects of strategic projects
• Partnering with the wider GC team to develop relationships with a view to troubleshooting any matters of a legal nature which may arise.
• Managing and supporting legal and regulatory projects such as, changes to operational and corporate structures within the Group and intra group agreements and initiatives.
• Leading on operational tracking of work, process improvements, and management information.
• Engaging, influencing, and challenging key stakeholders across the group on any issues which require a legal and or regulatory input.
• Communicating effectively at all levels to both legal and non-legal professionals.
• Understanding the legal requirements of the business and work with other GC functions, and the wider business to achieve compliance through our practices, processes, and governance.
• Managing conflicting and changing demands through effective prioritisation and a pragmatic decision-making approach.
• Taking initial instructions from clients and to advise on the legal action and all alternatives.
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of changes in legal practices, circulating this information as appropriate, ensuring the Firm's legal advice reflects best practice and any new market opportunities are developed.

• A background of in-house or private practice legal delivery and drafting of documentation.
• Extensive experience in contentious/professional negligence claims and requisite law
• Experience of successfully engaging senior management and groups of stakeholders.
• Strong coaching and line management skills.

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.  This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.