Summary:
To support the Group Litigation Team within the Brown & Brown (Europe) central legal function, assisting in the progression of a portfolio of contentious and pre-contentious matters, including but not limited to regulatory, employment, civil disputes, restrictive covenant disputes, court and tribunal litigation and Errors & Omissions claims.
Responsibilities:
- To support the design, implementation and maintenance of the Group legal processes and procedures including but not limited to, the Litigation Procedure and Errors and Omissions Procedure;
- Act as a point of contact for internal stakeholders in relation to litigation and employment matters, ensuring queries are handled efficiently and escalated where appropriate;
- To support the Group Legal Counsel, Employment and Litigation, Employer Solicitor and Trainee Solicitor with any litigious matters fromassistance to preparing draft correspondence based on precedent wordings;
- Support the opening, administration and progression of claims, including maintaining accurate records, diary management of key deadlines and monitoring developments to escalation or closure;
- To assist with the periodic review of precedent documents, procedure updates and any adhoc projects related to AI driven improvement or process improvement based on commercial or legal updates;
- Monitor and manage the centralise legal inbox, in an organised fashion and timely manner ensuring teammates receive emails on their matter subject in an efficient way;
- To assist with diary management, proof-reading / checking documents, diligence work and any searches as required by the Litigation Team;
- Undertake the preparation of sensitive and confidential documents;
- Ensure all personal and sensitive data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws and internal policies, including maintaining confidentiality, applying appropriate access controls and ensuring the secure handling of litigation, employment and disclosure materials.
- Conduct a variety of tasks to include general administrative support, including preparing documents and bundles for hearings, research and drafting correspondence;
- Updating the in-house Legal Tracker system, Excel registers and Sharepoint and any other platform accurately and in a timely manner, including creating management information data for team members via excel/pie/flow/bar charts;
- Complete standard forms without assistance and produce standard letters/emails;
- Task and matter management and dealing with incoming emails;
- Provide management information to the team as necessary and reports to support oversight of claims, litigation activity and risk trends;
- Maintain clear and accurate records of all ongoing matters in which you are involved;
- To assist on specific projects in line with Group strategy.
Qualifications:
- Previous legal work experience (>6 months) or academic knowledge essential. Litigation, Employment, Professional Negligence and Commercial experience preferred.
- Essential experience in administrative role, document management and inbox management
- Preferred experience in insurance or in-house role.
- Experience of civil procedure rules and/or tribunal processes preferred.
- Previous diary management experience essential.
- Excellent IT skills particularly with experience in SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Strong academic record with strong work experience.
If you are ready to make a meaningful impact in the field of risk management and legal support, we invite you to bring your expertise to Brown & Brown. Join us in shaping a safer future—your next career move awaits.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
