Senior Associate, Insurance Defence

1 month ago

Dublin, Ireland Kennedys Full time

Kennedys is looking to recruit a Senior Associate for our Dublin office to work in our busy insurance team. The insurance team defend claims against a broad range of professionals. In addition, we provide coverage advice to insurers, in both the London and Irish markets, and handle insurance disputes on their behalf.

In this role you will contribute towards a challenging and varied caseload, including interacting with clients, attending settlement talks and running cases to trial. The role requires provision of expert legal advice, underpinned by a sound commercial understanding.

We are open to speaking with candidates that have general insurance experience, or commercial litigation experience will also be considered. Coverage experience, whilst not essential, would add significant value to a candidate.

Team

Kennedys' Insurance team provides expert coverage and claims defence services to both international and domestic insurers and their insureds. In particular, we advise on professional liability, financial institutions' liability, directors' and officers' liability, public and employers' liability, transactional liability and trade credit claims. We also specialise in advising on property damage and environmental liability claims.

We are leading experts in the marine, aviation and transport sectors, advising on all aspects of transport-related claims.

Clients

International and domestic insurers.

Cases

Providing coverage and claims defence to both international and domestic insurers and their insureds In particular, we advise on professional liability, financial institutions' liability, directors & officers liability.

Required experience

5 + years' Irish Qualified and / or England & Wales, with relevant experience*  A high level of litigation experience in Insurance matters is essential Proactive skills in business development Ability to apply a commercial approach to claims in order to deliver economic solution Strong communication skills, both verbal and written Ability to manage own time, excellent organisation skills Strong technical and research skills Exceptional attention to detail

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support 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.

At Kennedys, we develop careers in an innovative global environment. s exciting, fast paced and varied and we believe that supporting individual growth and development puts us in the best position to attract and retain talented individuals. Regardless of role or level, everyone has access to virtual learning to help you develop your skills, wherever you are in the world. 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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