Senior Associate / Special Counsel – Insurance Litigation | 5–8 PQE | Sydney
Clyde & Co · AU
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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced insurance litigator to join our Sydney team, focusing on complex, high-value insurance disputes and major loss matters. The role involves sophisticated coverage and defence work, including catastrophic injury claims, liability disputes, product liability, regulatory investigations, class actions, and multi-party litigation. You will collaborate with leading Australian and international insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and major corporates across various sectors.
Responsibilities
- Work on complex, high-value insurance disputes and major loss matters.
- Engage in sophisticated coverage and defence work.
- Handle catastrophic injury and fatality claims.
- Manage complex liability disputes.
- Address product liability and recall issues.
- Participate in regulatory investigations.
- Involve in class actions and multi-party litigation.
- Work with leading Australian and international insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and major corporates.
- Provide strategic coverage advice.
- Conduct complex litigation with significant legal, commercial, and reputational considerations.
- Manage matters from incident investigation through to litigation, settlement, and recovery.
- Supervise and delegate effectively (at a more senior level).
- Support the development of junior lawyers (at a more senior level).
- Contribute positively to the broader team (at a more senior level).
Requirements
- Approximately 5–8 years of Post-Qualification Experience (PQE).
- Strong technical skills.
- Interest in complex, high-value disputes.
- Australian-qualified or dual Australian/overseas-qualified.
- Strong commercial litigation experience gained within a leading private practice environment in Australia or overseas.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence to work closely with counsel, clients, and other parties across complex and multi-party litigation.
- Precise, clear, and commercially focused drafting skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple matters and competing priorities to a consistently high standard.
- Collaborative approach.
- Confidence to work autonomously and take ownership of matters.
- Commercial awareness.
- Ability to understand clients’ businesses.
- Ability to build trusted relationships with clients.
- Ability to contribute to the development of client relationships.
Skills
- Insurance litigation
- Complex dispute resolution
- Major loss matters
- Coverage advice
- Defence work
- Catastrophic injury claims
- Liability disputes
- Product liability
- Regulatory investigations
- Class actions
- Multi-party litigation
- Commercial litigation
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Drafting
- Organisational skills
- Client relationship management
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-8 years PQE
About the Company
- Clyde & Co is a global firm with nearly 70 offices worldwide, employing 5,500 people.
- Our values are: work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference, and act boldly.
- We are committed to operating responsibly with a diverse and inclusive workforce.
- We provide an environment where everyone can realize their potential.
- We support our communities through pro bono work, volunteering, and charitable partnerships.
- We are committed to minimizing our environmental impact, including setting ambitious emissions reduction targets and adhering to the SBTi Net-Zero standard.
Equal Opportunity
- Clyde & Co is a proud equal opportunities employer.
- Our values encourage fairness, celebrate diversity, and prohibit discrimination.
- We welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.