Senior Associate

Job Title: Senior Associate

Team: Aviation

Location: Singapore

Role

We are looking for a Senior Associate with experience in insurance and reinsurance claims preferably within Aviation litigation, to join our Singapore office. The Aviation team's specialism includes dispute resolution in single and cross border litigation, complex and high value subrogation claims, catastrophic loss, risk management and regulatory matters.

Team

The Aviation team consists of two Partners, two Legal Directors, five Senior Associates, one Associate, one Legal Executive, one Paralegal and four Secretaries.

Key Responsibilities

The successful Senior Associate will have experience of:

1. Handling a high number of varied cases, ideally concerning aviation or shipping liability matters.
2. International Aviation Conventions, principally the Montreal Convention and/or insurance / reinsurance coverage disputes (ideally acting for (re)insurers).
3. Working to tight deadlines and as part of a team.
4. Building relationships with clients, including insureds, insurance brokers and insurers.
5. Managing and handling low value cases with minimal supervision.
6. Civil Procedural Rules, ideally of England and Wales.  

The successful Senior Associate will have the following skills:

1. Excellent written and oral communication.
2. Strong negotiation and drafting abilities.
3. Excellent organisational skills.

Recent examples of our work include advising reinsurers on coverage related issues arising out of the Russia / Ukraine leasing crisis, advising reinsurers on subrogation following aircraft ground collisions, advising reinsurers on liability claims arising out of general aviation losses, handling attritional claims in respect of prestigious airline accounts.  

Experience of aviation 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, ambitious and social 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.

The candidate needs to be qualified in England & Wales or Australia.

Clients

• Insurance and reinsurance companies
• Airlines, airports and aerodromes and private individuals
• Maintenance organisations, general aviation operators, business jet operators and regulatory authorities

Cases

• Insurance/Reinsurance claims and Aviation liability disputes in various jurisdictions
• Advice on regulatory law
• Commercial contracts and policy coverage

Required Experience

• Minimum of 3 years' law firm experience, but we are open to applications from lawyers with the applicable experience and ambition*
• Qualified in England & Wales / Australia
• Insurance/reinsurance experience, preferably within aviation litigation
• Demonstrable research, writing and communication skills
• Excellent academics

* 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. 

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 is the Singapore office of the international law firm Kennedys which has 45 offices around the world.

We pride ourselves on helping our clients navigate both business and legal challenges throughout the Asia Pacific region and across multiple practice areas, with a strong focus in both the commercial and insurance/reinsurance sector. We provide a seamless suite of services across both English and Singapore law and are closely connected with our offices in Hong Kong, Australia and the Middle East, as well as partner firms across Asia.

Our Aviation team in Singapore is led by market leading partners with extensive experience of handling a range of Aviation litigation and disputes. 

The team in Singapore is part of the wider Kennedys Global Aviation Teams 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.

Legal Solutions LLC and Kennedys Legal Solutions specialise in providing legal services for litigation, arbitration and corporate services as well as healthcare, employment, construction, aviation, shipping, capital markets, regulatory and corporate and insurance advice. 

• Services such as litigation, criminal and family law are undertaken solely by Legal Solutions LLC due to Singapore regulations.
• We encourage all of our lawyers to build relationships with our clients at all levels and candidates should expect significant client contact

*Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 48 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.

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.