Kennedys Law

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Kennedys Law LLP
Kennedys Law logo.svg
Headquarters London, EC3
United Kingdom
No. of offices37 [1]
No. of employees2750
Major practice areasInsurance and reinsurance, litigation, healthcare, maritime and international trade, employment, banking and finance, insolvency and corporate recovery, real estate, contracts
Key peopleNick Thomas
(Senior Partner)
Suzanne Liversidge
(Global Managing Partner)
Matt Andrews
(APAC Regional Managing Partner)
John Bruce
(Partner)
Meg Catalano
(US Regional Managing Partner)
RevenueIncrease2.svg £384 million (2023/24) [2]
Date founded1899 (London)
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website www.kennedyslaw.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Kennedys Law LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London. The firm merged with American law firm Carroll McNulty & Kull (CMK) in 2017 [3] .

Contents

Kennedys claims specialisms in "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". [4]

In 2023/24, the firm's global revenue was £384 million (US $483 million) [5] .

History

Founder Charles Kennedy was part of several partnerships: Kennedy, Danvers & Co; C. Frederick Kennedy & Co; Kennedy Lindo & Co; and Kennedy Genese & Co.

Expansion

Between 2017-2023, Kennedys opened offices in Mexico City, Melbourne, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Paris, Bermuda, Bristol, San Francisco, Israel, Oman, Perth, Leeds, Wilmington, Brisbane, Houston, Newcastle and Fort Lauderdale.

In 2019, Suzanne Liversidge was appointed as Kennedys' first global managing partner. [13]

From 2020 to 2023, Kennedys formed associations with:

Awards

2024

2023

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