# Senior Associate / Lead - Large Loss

**Company**: Davies
**Location**: Birmingham, England
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are seeking an ambitious and inspiring Senior Associate / Lead Lawyer to join our Complex Injury team in Birmingham. This is a standout opportunity to step into a leadership role where you will lead, develop and grow a high-performing team, while handling a stimulating caseload of high-value claims.

At Davies, you’ll be empowered to build your reputation, strengthen client relationships, and play a key role in developing both the team and our wider business.

### Key Responsibilities

As Lead Lawyer, you’ll combine technical excellence with people leadership and client development, making a real impact across the firm.

Your key responsibilities will include:

- Leading, motivating and developing a team of complex injury lawyers (2 direct reports initially, with scope to grow)

- Managing a caseload of complex injury claims, primarily RTA with some EL/PL exposure

- Handling large loss cases (£250,000 – £1M+), supported by a Technical Director

- Advising clients on indemnity, liability, quantum and claims strategy

- Building and strengthening relationships with key insurance clients and senior claims handlers

- Developing your profile and supporting business development and client growth

- Delivering training internally and to clients

- Attending court hearings, trials and settlement conferences

- Driving team performance through objective setting, regular reviews, and development plans

- Supporting recruitment and team expansion as the function grows

- Ensuring compliance with SRA regulations and firm processes

### Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

#### Technical Expertise:

- Qualified Solicitor with strong Defendant RTA experience

- Proven track record handling high-value complex injury claims

- Experience managing cases £250,000 – £1M+

- Confident in advocacy

#### Leadership Capability:

- Proven ability to lead, inspire and develop a team

- Strong communicator, able to deliver feedback and support performance effectively

- Passionate about people development, wellbeing and engagement

- Skilled at delegation and workload management

#### Core Skills:

- Confident, proactive and driven

- Excellent communication and client relationship skills

- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities

- Commercially aware with business development acumen

- Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

### Benefits

- Davies Incentive Plan

- 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)

- 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

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- RTA
- EL/PL
- advocacy
- leadership
- communication
- analytical skills
- organisational skills

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