At Kennedys, our global strength is centred around how talented and important each and every one of our employees is. This is reflected in our culture and we think it is crucial that you enjoy the work you do and your working environment.
Working at Kennedys is exciting, fast paced and varied. We recognise that it is important for you to have a work life balance that allows you the flexibility to live your life. This is possible with our hybrid working policy which will allow you, unless your role requires you to be office based, to enjoy a split of home and office working. When we are working in the office, to ensure we are always approachable, one of our core values, many of our offices are open plan with break out social areas and rooms available for meetings. We also have a “dress for your day” dress code encouraging you to dress casually whenever possible.
Diversity
To help us develop our distinct culture and as part of our commitment to promoting equality and diversity, we created global and regional diversity and inclusion employee groups. The groups meet regularly to share ideas, discuss new initiatives and advise on what more we could be doing. But you can also get involved in D&I at Kennedys by volunteering as a mentor, taking part in D&I events as a speaker, host or organiser, or representing Kennedys at outreach events. All employees across the firm are encouraged to get involved where they can. You’ll be invited to our regular ‘Let’s start the conversation’ webinars with guest speakers covering topics such as mental health, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+ inclusion and Asperger syndrome. Diversity and inclusion is a priority at Kennedys. This is why we introduced D&I chargeable hour credit. This means that time you spend on D&I activities will be recognised and can count towards your chargeable hours target.
Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability
In 2020, we joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative which assists businesses in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Inspired by our five priority SDGs, we have established a global network of CSR Champions who are actively encouraged and supported to participate in challenges and campaigns that can make a difference in the communities where we work. Our champions have access to CSR volunteer hours throughout the year, allowing them to participate in a wide range of initiatives, fundraisers and challenges such as the Action for SDGs campaign, as well as pro bono partnerships and team building experiences to support a variety of causes, and champion a better future for our people, our clients and our planet.
If you would like to join our growing team, view our current vacancies here or contact our HR team.
Our clients are global and so are we. Find out more about our practice areas and what we do here.
We are proud to be consistently recognised by leading industry commentators and directories, and to be commended by our clients around the world. Find out more here.
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Hear from our employees around the world as they talk us through a typical day in their work life and give us an insight of what it’s like working for a global law firm. You can catch up with qualified lawyers about cases they are working on, receive top tips from those that are just starting out in their legal careers and business services professionals will give you an insight into real life at Kennedys.
Peter is a Partner in our Sydney office, working in the Insurance team.
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Lucy is an Associate based in our office in Sydney, Australia.
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Ali is a Finance Manager based in our Sydney office.
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Mark is a Senior Associate in our Dublin office, working in the Insurance team.
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Paula is an Associate based in our Madrid office.
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Aneta is an associate working in our Dublin liability team.
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Lorena is a Senior Associate based in our Miami office.
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Viridiana is an Office Manager based in our Mexico office.
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Nancy is a Special Counsel based in our New York office.
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Susan is an Associate based in our office in San Francisco.
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Massiel is a Legal Assistant based in our office in New York.
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Michael is a Senior Associate in our Taunton office, working in the Professional Liability team.
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Ingrid is an Associate in our London office, working in the Marine team.
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Muhammad is a Litigation Assistant in our London office, working in the Professional Liability team
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Louise is a Document Production Assistant, working at home full time, within our Secretarial team.
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Morgan is a Trainee Solicitor working in our London office.
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Samantha is a Trainee Solicitor working in our Manchester office.
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Lillyanne is a Claims Handling Apprentice in our Taunton office, working with the Claims Handling team.
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Aisling is a Trainee Solicitor in our Dublin office, currently working within our Dublin Liability team.
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