Directors + Officers

• Defending CEOs against misleading and deceptive conduct claims and crime/fidelity losses.
• Advising D&O and professional indemnity insurers about claims following the collapse of managed investment schemes, and losses by hedge funds, financial planners and accountants.
• Acting for executive and non-executive directors in the Special Commission of Inquiry into the sale of NSW electricity assets.

Management Liability (including EPL)

• Advising management liability insurers on claims against companies, directors and officers across a swathe of industries, and companies about a variety of employment practices liability claims.
• Advising management liability insurers about the representation of directors and officers at OHS presentations, ASIC investigations and ICAC enquiries.

Professional Liability

• Advising professional indemnity and management liability insurers on claims arising out of the sale of CDOs and other derivative type instruments.
• Acting for the professional indemnity insurer of a multinational engineering company following the failure of two gas fired power stations where claims exceeded $30 million.

Construction PI

• Advising contract works insurers and design and construct contractors on $100 million+ claims from delays and failures of critical infrastructure projects, including coverage issues and recovery options.
• Acting on behalf of a design and construction contractor on the catastrophic failure of a waste processing plant. This claim involved defending a $60 million claim by the principal and seeking to recover the contractor’s losses from its design engineer and insurers.

Environmental Liability

• Coverage advice for first party on-site and contractors’ pollution insurance claims, EPA prosecution matters, third-party environmental liability claims and recoveries on matters ranging from storing regulated waste without a licence to releasing contaminants into the environment and causing environmental harm.
• Advising insurers about coverage issues, quantum and the insureds’ liability for clean-up costs after high-profile chemical and fuel spills, including reporting and liaising with EPA agencies, and advising on prosecutions and recovery options.