Insurance Litigation Associate - Broad Practice, Sydney …, City of Sydney

Kennedys is seeking an Associate to join our Sydney office, working across two of our leading Insurance practices under Partners Penny Taylor and Mairead Cusack.

This is a genuinely broad role offering exposure to high-quality, complex matters across financial lines, construction and commodities. This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer looking to develop across multiple specialist practice areas within a globally connected firm.

The Partners

Penny Taylor has deep experience specialising in financial lines insurance litigation, including professional indemnity (construction), Directors & Officers and trade credit.

Mairead Cusack specialises in property and construction insurance, advising insurers across professional indemnity, contractors all risk, delay in start-up, and industrial special risks.

The Work

You will work across a broad mix of high-quality matters, including:

- Professional indemnity (construction industry focus)
- Directors & Officers defence and coverage
- Trade credit insurance claims
- Multi-party litigation in Supreme and Federal Court jurisdictions
- Advice for domestic and London market insurers

Key Responsibilities

- Day-to-day management and progression of insurance litigation matters
- Assisting on complex commodities and trade disputes from inception to resolution
- Drafting advice, pleadings and correspondence to a high standard
- Working collaboratively across practice groups and offices

About You

- 2-4 years PQE* in insurance litigation or commercial disputes from a reputable private practice team
- Defendant-side experience preferred
- Solid litigation and court skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Organised, proactive and capable of managing competing priorities
- Interest in developing a long-term career in specialist insurance practice
- 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.

Please Note: If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Kennedys or reach out to Kennedys' recruitment contact listed on our advert for a confidential conversation. We are not currently accepting applications from agencies for this position.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 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 current 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rsuyh