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About

Provided by Clayton Utz

As the foremost policyholder-centric insurance practice in Australia, Clayton Utz consistently provides legal counsel on high-end, complex insurance, litigation, and risk matters. Who offer a holistic service encompassing both contentious and non-contentious facets, that is backed by unparalleled technical proficiency in insurance and reinsurance law as well as risk management. Their portfolio spans numerous sectors, from product distribution and broker outsourcing agreements to policy coverage disputes across multiple lines of business. They have longstanding advisory history for corporate insurers, professional bodies, brokers, and governmental entities includes ASX-listed companies, multinational corporations, Commonwealth and State Government agencies, as well as one of the nation's largest financial institutions, including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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What the Team is Known For

Clayton Utz's highly commended team acts for a diverse range of high-profile policyholders, including major banks, corporates and government bodies. The insurance team offers expertise across the spectrum of contentious and non-contentious issues, including professional indemnity, product liability and cyber risk. The law firm handles matters relating to regulatory compliance and insurance product development as well as providing advice on alternative risk transfer and reinsurance. Clayton Utz's contentious practice encompasses, in addition to advice on coverage disputes and claims resolutions, a strong capability for the handling of large-scale customer remediation and compensation issues for leading financial services providers. It also advises extensively on class action-related insurance recovery mandates for both corporate defendants and individual executives.

Work Highlights

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  • Clayton Utz acted for Wellington Gateway Partnership in a litigation for a recovery of an 'Advance Loss of Profits' claim made under the construction insurance for the Transmission Gully Project in New Zealand.

  • Clayton Utz acted for the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation in relation to the establishment of a Cyclone Reinsurance Pool. 

Strengths

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Clayton Utz has considerable expertise in complex insurance and reinsurance matters and Alternative Risk Transfer. We always receive feedback on deliverables and prompt response.

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We are really impressed with the quality and availability of the partners. They have great knowledge on our business and industry, and have taken the time to partner with us.

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Notable Practitioners

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Fred Hawke
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Fred Hawke
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Fred Hawke is a highly respected, veteran insurance practitioner who continues to advise across a comprehensive range of practice area issues from the Melbourne office.
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David Gerber
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David Gerber
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David Gerber operates across the full insurance spectrum, acting for both insurers and policyholders and also advising state and Commonwealth government agencies on a variety of issues. He is particularly focused on the financial lines market and often assists on policy reviews.

David is really good, handling complex interpretations of insurance policies, causes and implications. He makes things simple and is pragmatic.

David is calm and considered. He has a good level of technical and practical approach.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Clayton Utz

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Fred Hawke
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Fred Hawke
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David Gerber
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David Gerber
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Members

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Chris Erfurt

David Gerber

David Gerber

Head of Department

Mark Sammut

Nina Krys

Industries

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Banking and Financial Institutions

Energy

Government

Infrastructure