Senior Associate - Insurance & Disputes

About the opportunity

Clyde & Co is a global law firm with a focus on five core sectors: insurance, energy, trade & commodities, infrastructure, and transport.

We currently have a senior associate opportunity in the team led by Perth office Managing Partner Jenny Thornton. The role will provide parental leave cover but is being offered on a permanent basis. The team advise and represent multinational corporations, insurance and reinsurance companies, Lloyd's underwriters, and financial institutions in relation to commercial issues, disputes, and insurance coverage issues across a range of lines of insurance business, including:

• property;

• construction;

• energy;

• professional indemnity;

• director & officer liability; and

• public & products liability.

The practice has an international focus and works across a range of sectors, including:

• construction & engineering;

• mining & resources;

• energy;

• financial services;

• telecommunications & information technology;

• manufacturing; and

• hospitality & entertainment.

You are an established Australian qualified lawyer with minimum 4PQE. You have some/all of the below attributes and experience:

• Experience across:

  • Professional indemnity and D&O claims

  • Complex insurance coverage of disputes

  • Complex infrastructure and construction claims

  • Property damage and business interruption claims

  • Product liability and recall claims.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Strong time management and prioritisation skills

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to work independently

• Commercial awareness, confidence, and an ability to develop client relationships

• The ability to lead, delegate and foster a positive team atmosphere.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.