Kennedys is looking for a Senior Associate to join our team based in either our Edinburgh or Glasgow office. The team is headed up by Partners Rory Jackson and Peter Demick, both recently named as recommend Lawyers for defendant personal injury in Scotland in the Legal 500 2022 results.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly regarded firm and be part of our growth. Our team in Scotland has expanded significantly since Rory joined Kennedys in 2015 and Peter in 2017, we are now over 25 strong with further growth planned.
We are interested in speaking to candidates with broad Liability experience and experience within catastrophic injury, large loss and criminal defence would be beneficial, but not essential. If you are interest in working in a supportive environment with ambitious colleagues we would love to hear from you.
Team
Kennedys Scotland provides a comprehensive service to insurers, ranging from friendly, off the record advice to comprehensive legal advice on the most complex of claims.
Instructed by a mix of insurer and corporate clients, the team receive a steady flow of claims related to employer, public and occupier liability, motor, catastrophic injury, healthcare, fraud, abuse, product liability and occupational disease.
The practice is led by the extremely professional, approachable and knowledgeable Rory Jackson, who is a Recommended Lawyer in the publication of the Legal 500 UK 2022.
Clients
- Insurers
- Construction
- Self-insured large corporates
- Manufacturers.
Cases
- All aspects of motor and EL/PL claims up to and assisting on complex and high value personal injury.
- Both pre-litigation and litigated files. Promoting early resolution of claims without recourse to litigation.
Required experience
- 5+ years’ experience as a Scottish Qualified Solicitor, ideally with experience in a defendant personal injury law firm*
- Strong Academics (2.1 or higher degree) or equivalent.
- Experience of Sheriff Court EL/PL and motor claims including larger losses
- Experience of assisting on large cases in a team environment
- Previous client contact and attendance at business development events is ideal
- Experience in Court of Session practice.
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,200 people worldwide across 42 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.
We develop careers in an innovative and collaborative global environment, with our values at the core. 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 exciting opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices as well as a comprehensive benefits package (details are available upon request).
We’ve created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust. We deeply value the relationships we build with our clients and we know that they value our warm, friendly human approach. We are here to provide answers, recommendations, strategy and tactics.
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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*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.
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