Insurance Lawyer or Associate
Melbourne
Global firm
Two bonus schemes, and a benefits package surpassing most law firms!!
Base salary up to $140,000 plus super, before bonus, depending on experience.
Our wonderful client , a Global law firm is adding a Lawyer or Associate to its Melbourne general insurance team.
They'll take an experienced lawyer at around two years post admission or look at a more experienced Associate.
The work is defendant side insurance litigation for local insurers and London underwriters: property damage and financial loss claims, building and construction matters under liability, skilled indemnity and contract works policies, coverage advice, and multi-defendant claims in VCAT and the County Court.
Here's what you get:
A billable hours bonus starting
A separate team performance bonus at a healthy percentage!
26 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers and 14 weeks for secondary carers, adoption included
Income protection paying 75 per cent of your salary for up to two years if you can't work. The firm pays for it
Life cover of up to three times your salary, also paid by the firm
An annual wellbeing allowance to spend however you like
Discounted private health insurance, with employee discounts and rewards on top
Novated car leasing and salary sacrificing to super
Your birthday off, every year
Two paid volunteer days
Confidential counselling through an EAP and annual flu vaccinations
Flexible hybrid working with an ideal of 1 to 2 days in the office each week
You'll need:
Admission in Australia with at least one year's experience as a lawyer
Insurance litigation, property damage, construction or general litigation experience. Defendant side preferred but not essential at the junior end
Comfortable using iManage or similar and recording time
Wanting to run files rather than support them
You'll work directly with a Principal Lawyer who came across from one of Melbourne's leading insurance practices with the London markets group and is Best Lawyers Ones to Watch for insurance.
You'll be given your own files early.
That means drafting pleadings and advices, coverage and indemnity advice to insurers, briefing counsel, court appearances, and dealing with insurers, experts and the other side yourself.
Full training on the insurance side is given, so litigation experience matters more than where you've done it
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