Connect with meRaisa advises insurers and their insureds in the sectors of professional services and financial institutions. She leads our Financial Lines practice in Queensland and is a member of our board.
Raisa has been consistently recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a recommended or leading lawyer in Professional Indemnity for Queensland (2016 to 2023). She is also nominated by Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer in Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation (2021 to 2024), and has been recognised as a 5-Star Insurance Lawyer by Insurance Business Australia (2021).
Raisa has a depth of experience in professional indemnity and D&O (both coverage and defence), including acting for directors and officers in class actions, liquidator’s claims, and proceedings commenced by ASIC and the ACCC. She has a broad professional indemnity practice, focussing on accountants, tax agents, engineers and other design & construct professionals.
Her professional indemnity practice extends to the health sector, where she represents doctors, surgeons, pharmacists and allied health professionals in defence of claims and disciplinary proceedings.
Raisa otherwise specialises in management liability (including regulatory investigations and statutory cover) and environmental impairment liability (EIL) insurance. Raisa regularly advises on EIL coverage relevant to high-value claims.
As an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation (qualified NSW, 2011), Raisa provides technical and commercial advice — but it is her personable and adaptable approach which sets her apart, cutting through complex claims to achieve practical results.
Professional Indemnity
- Advising on professional indemnity claims and acting as defence counsel on professional negligence claims against construction professionals, valuers and financial professionals, such as accountants, financial planners, mortgage brokers and stockbrokers.
- Representing doctors, surgeons, pharmacists and allied health professionals in defence of claims and disciplinary proceedings.
Directors + Officers
- Defending claims against directors and officers in the Federal Court of Australia, including class actions and liquidator’s claims.
- Indemnity advice under management liability policies, including in claims by SMEs, law firms and local government authorities.
Regulatory + Investigations
- Assisting companies and directors/officers to respond to investigative and other notices issued by ASIC and the ACCC, including representing them at examinations and interviews, and negotiating letters of comfort and undertakings.
- Acting for the owner of a quarry in the Grantham Floods Commission of Inquiry, in which the quarry was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Environmental Liability
- Representing insureds in prosecutions brought by the NSW Environment Protection Authority and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
- Advising insurers on the operation of environmental liability policies and assisting them to implement remediation and monitoring programs in consultation with State EPA agencies.
- Directors + Officers Liability
- Environmental Liability
- Healthcare + Life Sciences
- Inquiries, Investigations + Prosecutions
- Management Liability
- Professional Liability
- Construction + Infrastructure
- Financial Institutions + Services
- Industrial + Commercial Property
- Professions + Business Services
- Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Australian Insurance Law Association
- Australian Professional Indemnity Group
- Law Society of Queensland
- Women in Insurance
- Women Lawyers Association of Queensland
- Young Insurance Professionals