HarperLloyd Recruitment is working in partnership with a select group of leading national law firms looking to appoint experienced Defendant Insurance lawyers from Associate through to Senior Associate level.

These are established, highly regarded insurance practices offering sophisticated work, strong client portfolios and genuine long-term career opportunities across several areas of liability.

Current opportunities include

- Property Damage & Property Liability
- Product Liability
- General Liability
- Public Liability
- Personal Injury
- Statutory and broader insurance litigation
- Complex indemnity and coverage matters
- Recovery and subrogation work

The firms we work with

HarperLloyd has deliberately partnered with firms that offer more than simply quality insurance work.

The firms represented through this campaign are leading national practices with strong reputations as employers, combining high-quality client work with competitive remuneration, career development and supportive working environments.

Across these firms, candidates can expect:

- Highly competitive salaries within the national insurance market
- Established practices with strong pipelines of insurer work
- Lower-than-average staff turnover and reliable teams
- Accessible Partners and experienced senior lawyers
- Genuine pathways from Associate to Senior Associate and beyond
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Structured learning, mentoring and professional development
- Strong parental leave, wellbeing and broader employee benefits
- Cultures that value retention and long-term career development

Many of the teams have lawyers who have remained with the firm for significant periods or progressed internally through the ranks. For candidates considering a move, these opportunities are therefore about finding the right long-term platform,



rather than simply changing firms to perform the same role elsewhere.

The opportunities

Depending on the team and your background, roles may include responsibility for:

- Managing a portfolio of defendant insurance matters
- Advising on liability, quantum and claims strategy
- Handling complex factual and evidentiary issues
- Working with medical, engineering, forensic and liability experts
- Drafting advices, pleadings, submissions and correspondence
- Managing litigation across the relevant Courts and Tribunals
- Participating in mediations, conferences and settlement negotiations
- Developing direct relationships with insurers and corporate clients
- Supervising and mentoring junior lawyers at more senior levels

Several of the practices offer significant autonomy and the opportunity to take day-to-day carriage of files while retaining solid Partner support.

About you

These opportunities will suit lawyers from approximately 3 years’ PAE through to established Senior Associate level with experience in defendant insurance, personal injury or related litigation.

Relevant experience may include

- General Liability
- Public Liability
- Property Damage
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Workers Compensation / Statutory Classes
- Professional Indemnity
- Broader defendant insurance litigation

Strong candidates will generally demonstrate:

- Excellent drafting and analytical capability




- Commercial and strategic judgement
- Confidence managing matters with increasing autonomy
- Strong insurer and client communication skills
- Experience working with expert witnesses
- A collaborative approach
- The ability to supervise and mentor junior lawyers at Senior Associate level

What you can expect

Across the firms HarperLloyd is currently partnering with, opportunities include:

- Top national and leading specialist insurance practices
- Major Australian and international insurer clients
- Complex and varied liability matters
- Direct Partner access and mentoring
- Genuine file and client ownership
- Clear progression to Senior Associate and beyond
- Leadership and mentoring opportunities
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Highly competitive remuneration
- Bonus and reward programs
- Strong learning and development
- Comprehensive wellbeing and leave benefits
- Stable, collaborative and well-established teams

These opportunities are particularly suited to insurance lawyers who want to broaden their expertise, improve their career platform, step into greater responsibility or join a firm where they can see themselves staying and progressing over the longer term.

Apply Now For a confidential discussion about the current Defendant Insurance opportunities and which firm or team may best align with your experience and career objectives, please contact:

Tyson Wood

HarperLloyd Recruitment

0483 929 598

[email protected]

All conversations are confidential. HarperLloyd can discuss the individual firms, teams, Partners, remuneration, work mix and progression opportunities before any application is made.

HarperLloyd Recruitment specialises in legal recruitment across private practice, in-house and government throughout Australia.

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