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    Associate, 1-4 years' experience - London, United Kingdom - Kennedys

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    Description

    Kennedys is looking for an Associate to work in its Professional Liability team in London, specialising in construction claims and coverage advice. This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly regarded and growing team.

    Team

    Kennedys' recognised team of dedicated Construction Professional Indemnity specialists handle a vast range of disputes and provide complex coverage advice to our insurers' clients.

    Our clients include general insurers and reinsurers, and their insureds including design and building contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, and project managers. Our focus on the insurance industry means we really understand the legal, commercial and regulatory issues our clients face.

    Clients

  • Insurers and Reinsurers
  • Architects
  • Contractors
  • Engineers
  • Monitoring Surveyors
  • Property Managers
  • Valuers
  • Sub-contractors
  • Cases

  • A vast range of construction Professional Indemnity disputes and complex coverage advice.
  • Required experience

  • 1-4 years' UK Qualified Solicitor/Foreign Qualified Lawyer or CILEX qualified with the relevant experience*
  • Experience of professional indemnity policies and coverage issues in the Construction Professional Indemnity sector
  • Experience in handling high value construction claims
  • Experience of both assisting on and supervising large cases in a team environment
  • Previous client contact and attendance at business development events
  • Experience of arbitration, adjudication, and negotiation as well as court proceedings in the TCC.
  • Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

    *where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

    About Kennedys

    Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,500 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

    Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

    We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

    What do we have to offer?

    We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

    Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

    The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

    We strive to celebrate empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

    Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.



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