Senior Associate, Insurance, 4+ years' experience

3 weeks ago

Singapur, Singapore Kennedys Full time

Job Title: Senior Associate, 4+ years experience 

Team: Property, Energy and Construction

Location: Singapore 

Role

Kennedys Legal Solutions is looking for a Senior Associate with 4+ years' experience in international dispute resolution, including arbitration, preferably within construction, property and energy, to join our Singapore office. The Property, Energy & Construction team handles a combination of advisory and contentious work in relation to some of the largest insurance and reinsurance claims in the region and also pursuing recovery claims. 

The successful Senior Associate will have experience of:

Advising insurance sector clients on large and complex speciality claims across property, construction, engineering and energy product lines; International dispute resolution in respect of construction contract disputes and/or industrial product defect claims which sit beneath the insurance programmes on which we advise; or A combination of a) and b).

Recent examples of our work include losses and/or recovery in Japan, France, China, Korea, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Macau SAR and Spain, and equipment manufacturers in arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, SIAC rules and in the courts of Japan.

Experience of insurance work is preferred but not required, but the successful Senior Associate will be able to deal with cross jurisdictional legal analysis which frequently requires consideration of the law and practice of multiple jurisdictions.

This is a unique opportunity for bright and ambitious lawyers keen on working in a market leading and fast growing team within a global law firm. The successful applicants will be exposed to a wide range of international work across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.

Team

Kennedys Singapore office was established in 2008 and in 2015 entered into a joint law venture (JLV) with local Singapore law firm, Legal Solutions to create Kennedys Legal Solutions.

Kennedys Legal Solutions pride ourselves on helping our clients navigate both business and legal challenges throughout the Asia Pacific region and across multiple practice areas, with focus in both the commercial and insurance/reinsurance sector. We provide a seamless suite of services across both English and Singapore law.

Our Insurance & Reinsurance team in Singapore is led by two market leading partners with extensive experience of handling a range of international disputes, with a focus on property, construction and energy across Asia. Both partners are ranked in band 1 for Insurance/Reinsurance in the Chambers & Partners directory.

The team in Singapore is part of the wider Kennedys Global Insurance Team with lawyers in various offices across our global network. Our lawyers are regularly required to work with our colleagues in other jurisdictions. We also encourage all of our lawyers to build relationships with our clients at all levels and candidates should expect significant client contact.

Clients

Insurance & reinsurance companies Construction & engineering companies  Energy/power generation companies 

Cases

Construction dispute resolution (Claimant and Defendant) Insurance/Reinsurance contract advice and dispute resolution Commercial contract advice and dispute resolution

Required Experience

Minimum of 4 years' law firm experience, but we are open to applications from more experienced lawyers with the applicable experience and ambition* Excellent academics International Arbitration experience preferred Demonstrable research, writing and communication skills.

* 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. 

** Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,500 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 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 are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

At Kennedys, we develop careers in an innovative global environment. s exciting, fast paced and varied and 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 opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate 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.


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