- Salary:Competitive
- Office Region:United Kingdom
- Office Location:London
- Division/Department:Insurance
- Working Pattern:Full Time - Perm
- Role Type:Hybrid
Kennedys is a global law firm with 78 offices, associations and co-operations in jurisdictions that our clients need us most, including Asia Pacific, EMEA, Latin America & the Caribbean, North America and the United Kingdom.
Our Marine team comprises a global team with an established track record and reputation. We provide a comprehensive range of wet and dry shipping and trade and commodity services for clients across the maritime sector.
This is a truly exciting time to join us, as we look to expand our team, offering breadth and scope of work to individuals specialising in, or wishing to specialise in the Marine sector.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an Associate to join our London team, led by Christopher Chatfield, Shaan Burton, Patrick Foss, Graeme Baird and Christopher Zavos. The role will include supporting the Energy and Marine team with existing work with a view to building up your own sources of work both in London and overseas.
You will have access to quality work from the outset, working cross jurisdictionally for a range of clients. You will be given early autonomy with full support of the global Kennedys Marine network. There will be the opportunity to work alongside our Singapore and Hong Kong offices under Nick Francis and Karnan Thirupathy.
You can expect to assist on a wide variety of disputes across all classes of Marine insurance (coverage, liability, defence and subrogation), Insurance policy and commercial drafting, and dry shipping disputes.
The work on dry shipping matters is primarily related to disputes arising under contracts of carriage, in particular in charterparty and bill of lading disputes involving a variety of both standard and bespoke contracts.
Recent deals for the Kennedys Marine team include:
Benefits
At Kennedys we have a total reward approach. Reward is broader than just the pay and benefit package. It extends to the wider aspects of work, including learning and development opportunities and/or an attractive working environment.
Our core benefits include:
- Access to private medical insurance (PMI)
- Income Protection
- Life assurance
- Pension (matched to 5%)
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 after 5 years' service)
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 2,750 people worldwide across 47 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 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.
