Senior Lawyer, Construction Indemnity

Kennedys is looking for a Senior Lawyer to work in its Professional Liability team, specialising in construction claims and coverage advice. This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly regarded and growing team. The successful candidate may be based in any of our regional UK offices.

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

• 5+ 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.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 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 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.