Associate

Kennedys is looking for an Associate to work in the Professional Liability team in Bristol, ideally with experience of general Professional Liability defence work including claims against solicitors, brokers and financial professionals, and policy coverage disputes. This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly regarded and growing team, in our new Bristol office location.

Team

Kennedys' professional liability team deal with all areas of professional liability and handle claims of all sizes and complexity, including insurers who underwrite some of the world's largest financial institutions, global law firms, the 'Big Four' accounting firms, as well as insurers who underwrite regional, local and smaller institutions and firms.

Clients

• Insurers
• Brokers
• Financial professionals
• IT professionals
• Insolvency practitioners
• Solicitors.

Required experience

• NQ to 4 years' UK Qualified Solicitor or CILEX qualified with the relevant experience* in defending claims against professionals
• Familiar with professional indemnity policies and coverage issues in the professional indemnity sector
• Experience of assisting on large cases in a team environment as well as pro-active management of cases
• Experience of engaging with clients in business development activities and contributing to thought leadership.

Benefits

• Matching pension scheme
• Fitness and wellness benefits
• Private medical insurance
• Corporate GP
• Life insurance and Income protection
• 35 hour working week
• Excellent resources via our online Learning Management System

About Kennedys

As soon as you join Kennedys you’ll be given opportunity to build your own personal client relationships, and we encourage you to do so. We value the relationships we build with our clients and we know that they appreciate our warm, friendly, human approach. We place emphasis on offering a transparent career path. Our partner and senior associate promotion process and criteria are clearly communicated throughout the firm. We are proud that many of our partners, including our Senior Partner, began their life in law as trainees with us.