Principal Associate - Insurance Disputes

Principal Associate - Insurance Disputes (0476)

We're excited to offer an opportunity for a Principal Associate to join our Legal 500 Tier 1-ranked Defendant Professional Indemnity team.

This is an exciting chance to work at the forefront of complex, high‑value insurance disputes within one of the UK's leading practices.

You'll play a key role within our nationally recognised Insurance Disputes practice, working closely with Partners Niall Innes, Ben Hardiman and senior colleagues across our firm‑wide network. Supported by a dedicated Professional Support Lawyer and an established partner group, you'll be part of a collaborative, highly specialised team.

This role is heavily professional indemnity focused, acting for a broad range of professionals including:

• Solicitors and barristers
• Construction consultants and engineers
• Accountants
• Insurance brokers

You’ll handle complex, high‑profile matters referred directly by professionals or via a national portfolio of insurers, MGAs and Lloyd's syndicates.

You will have:

• A strong background in professional indemnity and/or commercial litigation
• 8+ years PQE
• A passion for the law and a commitment to outstanding client service
• Experience gained in private practice (regional or City firm) or in‑house with a major insurer or MGA
• Familiarity with the professional indemnity insurance market — helpful, but not essential

If you're commercially minded, technically strong, and ready to make an impact within a leading national team, we'd love to hear from you.

Please read the full job description below for more detail.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.  to find out more about our core benefit offering.

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre‑employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self‑declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre‑screening employment process are available upon request.

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it.

We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.

By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is “Achieve more.

Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!

Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.

• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work
• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right
• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet
• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done – together

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.