Job Description

Job Title: Associate, 0-2 years\' experienceTeam: Liability DefenceLocation: SingaporeRoleWe are looking for a lawyer with 0-2 years\' litigation experience* to join our Singapore office in the Liability Defence team.The ideal candidate will have experience handling motor insurance, work injury and public liability claims as well as conducting liability and quantum trials. Apart from being technically good at the job, we expect the lawyer that we hire to be someone who is authentic and a team player.This is a great opportunity for an ambitious lawyer who is keen to work on Singapore litigation work, be able to be involved in trials, mediations and contested hearings, as well as being part of a collegiate and highly regarded team within a fast growing international law firm.TeamThe Liability Defence team consists of two Partners, one Legal Director, one Senior Associate, three Paralegals, one Secretary and two Team Assistants. The Associate will report to the Partners.Required Experience

• 0-2 years PQE*
• Singapore qualified
• Motor, work injury, public liability claims and liability and quantum trial experience
• Singapore mediation/arbitration experience
• Asian language skills would be advantageous.

Cases

• Personal injury and property damage motor claims
• Work injury compensation and common law work injury claims
• Public liability claims
• High value personal injury claims in the High Court and Court of Appeal
• Advice on regulatory law and drafting
• Alternative dispute resolution.

TeamKennedys Singapore office was established in 2008 and in 2015 entered into a joint law venture (JLV) with local Singapore law firm, Legal Solutions LLC to create Kennedys Legal Solutions. Kennedys Legal Solutions is the Singapore office of the international law firm Kennedys which has 71 offices and associated office/cooperations 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.Legal Solutions LLC and Kennedys Legal Solutions specialise in providing legal services for litigation, arbitration, corporate and conveyancing services as well as healthcare, employment, construction, aviation, shipping, capital markets, regulatory and corporate and insurance advice.

• Services such as litigation, conveyancing, 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.

*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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