Assistant Lawyer - Reinsurance

Application Deadline: 30 July 2025

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London UK

Description
Keoghs LLP is one of the leading insurance law firms in the UK and can rightly claim to be amongst the most dynamic in its sector. We now have an exciting opportunity for a talented insurance lawyer to join our Reinsurance Team.
The successful candidate will be directly working alongside Partner Andrew Schuütte. Flexible working is standard within the team.
The types of cases that we handle require a collaborative approach and you will be part of a small niche team which handles the most complex and technical claims and also advises on (re)insurance contract wordings. The Reinsurance team is part of the national Property Risks & Coverage team and so collaborative working across the firm is encouraged. This role focusses upon London and Lloyd's market instructions.

The team provides thought leadership within Keoghs and in the London Market and regularly delivers training to insurer clients and within the Lloyd's Market Association.
A successful candidate will become involved in client development, as well as the preparation and delivery of seminars on technical legal issues.

Key Responsibilities
The key accountabilities for these roles will be dependent upon the level at which the successful candidate starts in role but typically the key accountabilities will include assisting Andrew Schutte and other senior team members in the following:

• Reviewing documents and preparing chronologies on behalf of the Lead Lawyer
• Bespoke draft advices on issues pertaining to the matter on behalf of the Lead Lawyer
• Assisting the Lead lawyer with all aspects of the litigation process
• Considering the issues of coverage, liability, quantum and strategy
• Conducting investigations
• Preparing first draft instructions to counsel and experts
• Legal research
• Document searches
• Attend client meetings/strategy discussions/conferences for the purpose of note taking and follow up.

The above is not a definitive list of possible work which may be delegated and which you may be required to undertake.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified solicitor or equivalent
• Strong academics
• Some knowledge, some understanding, and lots of appetite for insurance and reinsurance legal work

Required Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• An ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work with case management systems
• Strong interpersonal skills e.g. to deal with senior KCs, C-suite clients, opposing lawyers etc

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Family Cover Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - will automatically be at single cover level but can opt into family option within first month of joining.
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare - 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death in Service
• Critical Illness Cover
• PHI/Income Protection (Private health insurance)
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

* after successfully completing probation