This highly regarded national law firm has a strong and well-established insurance practice, acting for major Australian and international insurers, underwriters, brokers and insureds across complex financial lines and professional indemnity matters. With a sizeable Brisbane office and highly experienced practitioners, the firm offers high-quality work within a genuinely collaborative and supportive workplace.
The Role An opportunity exists for an Associate or Senior Associate to join the firm's Financial Lines team in Brisbane.
Working closely with a highly regarded Partner and experienced Special Counsel, you will act on a broad range of professional indemnity and financial lines matters, with a particular focus on large, complex litigated disputes.
The team advises on professional negligence claims involving accountants, financial advisers, architects, engineers, construction professionals, health professionals, lawyers and other professionals, as well as D&O;, management liability, coverage and broader financial lines matters.
While previous professional indemnity or financial lines experience would be highly regarded,
the team is also open to strong defendant insurance lawyers from areas such as public liability who are interested in transitioning into financial lines.
The Benefits
- Market competitive remuneration and an annual bonus scheme rewarding performance above target.
- Flexible working arrangements, with the ability to work from home a couple of days per week.
- Generous parental leave benefits and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
The Right Person To be successful in this role you will ideally have:
- 4+ years experience within a well-regarded defendant insurance or litigation practice.
- Strong litigation and dispute resolution experience.
- Sound technical ability, commercial judgement and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A genuine interest in developing your expertise across complex professional indemnity and financial lines matters.
If this opportunity has piqued your interest, please contact Sophie Page-Warr at SPW Legal Recruitment for a confidential discussion. Alternatively, if this particular role isn't quite right but you are considering your next career move, I would still love to hear from you and discuss what other opportunities may be available.