Senior Associate, Insurance Litigation & Abuse Claims

DWF; Sydney; Ibrido; AUD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible work from home model

2 volunteer days off per year

Birthday leave

Descrizione del lavoro

DWF is seeking an Associate or Senior Associate to join our General Insurance team in Sydney. You will advise on institutional abuse, mental harm, bullying, and personal injury claims across sectors including aged care, disability care, childcare, and education.

You will work with a Special Counsel, draft legal opinions, manage claims, and contribute to growth of the practice while handling sensitive matters with empathy and discretion.

Competenze

• Minimum 3+ years PQE in insurance, personal injury, litigation, investigations, or related practice area.
• Strong judgement, empathy and discretion for sensitive matters affecting vulnerable clients.
• Ability to draft clear, concise, commercially focused legal advice.

Mansioni

• Manage a portfolio of institutional abuse, mental harm, bullying and personal injury claims across litigated and non-litigated matters.
• Draft legal advice, pleadings, witness statements, settlement documents and tribunal materials.
• Analyse liability, indemnity, causation, quantum and litigation risk to support effective claim strategies.
• Provide strategic and commercially focused advice to insurers and insured clients.
• Assist with sensitive investigations involving child safety, safeguarding and organisational risk matters.
• Attend mediations, settlement conferences, court hearings, NCAT proceedings and instruct counsel where required.
• Build strong relationships with clients, insurers, experts, counsel and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with a high-performing team, support business development initiatives and mentor junior lawyers.

Conoscenze

Litigation experience

Insurance knowledge

Client management

Analytical skills

Empathy

Discretion

Mentoring juniors

Strumenti

Legal practice software

Microsoft Office

AI tools

Descrizione del lavoro

DWF is seeking an Associate or Senior Associate to join our General Insurance team in Sydney. You will advise on institutional abuse, mental harm, bullying, and personal injury claims across sectors including aged care, disability care, childcare, and education.

You will work with a Special Counsel, draft legal opinions, manage claims, and contribute to growth of the practice while handling sensitive matters with empathy and discretion.