Kennedys is looking for an experienced Senior Associate to join our Volume team, working on a varied caseload of employers' liability and public liability claims.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced lawyer to take a leading role within our national personal injury practice. The successful candidate will handle a broad range of mixed-value volume claims, including both pre-litigation and litigated matters, while working closely with leading insurers and other commercial clients.

You will be responsible for managing your own caseload, providing high-quality and commercially focused advice, and supporting the wider team. We are looking for someone with strong technical expertise, excellent client management skills and a proactive approach to progressing claims efficiently.
Team

Our national practice services personal injury claims across seven UK offices. We act on a broad range of casualty matters and work alongside experienced Partners recognised as market leaders in the sector.

We take a practical, client-focused approach and work in partnership with our clients to deliver modern and commercially effective solutions. Our practice is supported by our in-house research and development capability and award-winning suite of technology and process innovations.
Clients

• EL/PL insurers
• London Market insurers
• Loss adjusters
• Corporate clients
• Public sector and local authorities
• SME insureds
• Leisure and retail clients

Cases

• Mixed-value, volume claims
• Employers' liability and public liability claims
• Pre-litigation and litigated matters
• Claims involving SME insureds
• Leisure and retail claims
• Defective premises and property claims
• Product liability matters
• Other casualty claims across a range of sectors

Required experience

• 5+ years' experience as a UK qualified Solicitor or CILEX qualified lawyer with relevant experience*
• Strong defendant personal injury experience, ideally within EL/PL
• Litigation experience is essential
• Experience managing a varied caseload with competing priorities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Commercially focused and collaborative approach
• Working knowledge of policy coverage

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 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 values 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 diversity, 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.