Senior Associate

Kennedys is seeking a talented and driven Senior Associate (5+ years' PQE) to join our Financial & Commercial / Professional Liability team in London. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly regarded practice advising on complex, high-value financial lines claims, with a particular focus on Directors' & Officers' (D&O) liability.

The Role

You will play a key role in handling a broad range of financial lines matters, including D&O, financial institutions, and professional indemnity claims. The work will be varied and often high-profile, involving both coverage and defence instructions for insurers and corporate clients.

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload of complex D&O and financial lines claims
• Advising insurers and insureds on policy coverage issues
• Handling litigation in the High Court and coordinating multi-jurisdictional disputes
• Supporting partners on large-scale and strategic matters
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships
• Contributing to business development initiatives and thought leadership

About You

We are looking for a commercially minded and technically strong lawyer who thrives in a collaborative environment.

You will have:

• Minimum 5 years' PQE with a strong background in financial lines
• Demonstrable experience in D&O liability work
• Experience advising insurers and/or corporate clients
• Strong litigation and/or coverage expertise
• Excellent analytical, drafting, and communication skills
• A proactive approach to client service and business development

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world 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, distinctive and ambitious. 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.