Kennedys is seeking a talented and motivated Associate with 2+ years' post-qualification experience to join its growing Professional Liability team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly regarded team, advising insurers and professionals on a broad range of complex and high-value claims.
The Role
You will handle a varied caseload of professional indemnity matters, acting for insurers and professionals across sectors such as construction, legal, financial, and other advisory services. The role will involve both contentious and advisory work, offering strong exposure to high-profile disputes and strategic client relationships.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing a caseload of professional liability claims from inception to resolution
- Advising insurer clients on coverage and policy issues
- Assisting on complex, high-value litigation in the High Court
- Drafting pleadings, reports, and client correspondence
- Engaging directly with clients, experts, and counsel
- Supporting business development initiatives and client relationship management
About You
- Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with 2+ PQE
- Experience in professional indemnity, insurance litigation, or commercial disputes
- Strong technical and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and client-handling abilities
- A proactive and collaborative approach
- Commercial awareness and interest in the insurance sector
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world 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, distinctive and ambitious. 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.