Solicitor, Aviation, 2-4 Years Experience

Kennedys is looking for a Solicitor to join its London Aviation team to assist with insured defence claims. The communication on some of the claims is predominantly in French, so capable French is essential.  This is an ideal role for a defendant litigator capable in French with an interest in aviation.   

Type of Clients:

Airlines
Insurers/Reinsurers

Type of Cases:

Kennedys' aviation team is exclusively focused on providing legal solutions to the aviation sector. We have extensive experience in supporting, advising and representing the global aviation industry. The majority of the work is insured defence work, along with consumer litigation work on behalf of airlines, including defending claims by litigants in person. Based in London, Brussels, Singapore and Dubai, our dynamic team of over 40 specialist lawyers have worked in private practice and in-house across the aviation industry. 

Experience

Essential:

2-4 years* litigation experience, to include defendant personal injury experience.
Capable written and spoken French. 

Desirable:

Keen interest in aviation law.
Aviation litigation experience.
Experience of international litigation preferred.
To have had previous client contact and attendance at business development events.

Kennedys’ Firm information:

Kennedys is an international law firm with expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, particularly in the insurance/reinsurance and liability industries. With over 1,700 people worldwide across 36 offices in the UK and Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America, we have some of the most respected legal minds in their fields.

We act for insurers, reinsurers, Lloyd’s Syndicates, public bodies and corporates. Our deep sector knowledge means that we understand the impact of proposed regulations and advise our clients on the implications this will have on their business. Every day we make a difference for our clients.

We provide answers, recommendations, strategy and tactics. We deliver these in plain English and it’s what we call Legal advice in black and white.

What do we have to offer?

At Kennedys we offer a vibrant and supportive working environment built upon our core values; we are approachable, and responsive, we show respect for people, we are trustworthy and straightforward and we ensure that we deliver economic solutions for our clients.

Career Development:

We actively encourage all staff to develop in their chosen career by providing early responsibility, supervision and training.

Please see attached job specification for further information.

*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.