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About us

We are a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services.

  • 2,900+ people
  • 20 countries
  • 47 offices

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors including insurance and reinsurance, aviation, banking and finance, construction and engineering, healthcare, life sciences, marine, public sector, rail, real estate, retail, shipping and international trade, sport and leisure, transport and logistics and travel and tourism. But we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

What we do

Insurance claims and coverage expertise is deeply ingrained in every office globally. We provide advice across all lines including:

  • Aviation
  • Marine and energy
  • Property and casualty; including property damage, contractors all risk, employers’, public
    and product liability
  • Medical malpractice
  • Motor liability
  • Financial lines; including directors' and officers' liability, financial institutions and professional indemnity
  • Speciality risks; including cyber, fine art and specie, political risks and life and health.

We also advise clients on commercial dispute resolution, company and commercial law, corporate recovery, employment, environment, health and safety, fraud and regulatory defence.

Client service

We’re here to deliver straightforward advice, even when the issues are complex.

But it’s often our insights and support beyond the law that really make a difference to your business. Our expert knowledge of our chosen industries means we’re the best people to help you navigate challenges, today and tomorrow.

Our clients are global, and so are we. We have the scope, scale and expertise to be there for you, whenever or wherever you need us to do business. We explore issues from different angles and offer you a global perspective, tailored to your local environment. We help you think ahead and we empower you with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make your lives easier.

Facts and figures

No.1 – ranked as market leader in the insurance sector

78 – offices, associations and co-operations globally

47offices around the world

31associate offices and cooperations

£428m - total global revenue for 2024/25, an increase of 13%

363 – partners at Kennedys

2,900+ – people at Kennedys

Our culture and values

At Kennedys we’re here to make a difference for our clients, and each other, every day.

We empower our people to deliver the very best work and reach their full potential. We do this by putting our values centre stage. They define the way that we behave and interact with one another, and they run through every strand of our firm.

Our culture and values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for, and we take them very seriously. We make a difference by being approachablestraightforwardsupportive and distinctive. We deeply value the relationships we build with our clients and we know that they value our warm, friendly human approach.

Find out more about our culture and values.