Senior Associate

Why join us? Join DWF’s growing Insurance team in Sydney and work alongside a highly regarded Partner, managing complex and rewarding personal injury matters across a diverse range of cases. This role offers the opportunity to advise leading London market insurers, syndicates, and large corporate clients on a broad range of defendant insurance matters, including personal injury defence, coverage advice, and formal investigations. You will gain exposure to high-profile and complex claims across a variety of industry sectors, including construction, hospitality, security, and leisure. The team is highly collaborative and promotes a flexible and positive working culture, offering excellent opportunities for professional growth and development. Part-time applicants will also be considered. Responsibilities Manage a varied caseload of complex litigated and unlitigated insurance matters. Provide coverage and defence advice to insurers, including local and London market underwriters. Draft and review pleadings, evidence, submissions, settlement agreements and other legal documents. Appear at court, mediations and settlement conferences, and brief and instruct counsel and experts. Build and maintain strong relationships with insurers, insured clients and key stakeholders. Mentor and support junior lawyers while contributing to business development initiatives. What will help you succeed in this role? Minimum 4 years of strong post-admission experience in personal injury litigation. Public liability experience is required. Strong attention to detail and practice management skills High level of competency with iManage (or similar document management system) and time recording software. Excellent written and verbal communication and advocacy skills. High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products (including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel), along with the willingness to be trained further. A willingness to adopt and utilise AI and new technologies. Collaborative mindset, proactive attitude and commitment to high performance. A proactive attitude with the ability to learn quickly. High level of professionalism and ethical standards. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. What we offer Flexible work from home model with all technology needs provided. 2 volunteer days off per year to support the community. Birthday leave. About us DWF is a leading global provider of integrated legal and business services. Our approach delivers efficiency, price certainty and transparency for our clients across the world without compromising on quality or service. Our purpose is to deliver positive outcomes with our colleagues, clients and communities and we foster a culture that places our colleagues at the centre of all that we do. DWF operates with 35+ offices globally, our main office based in the UK. Our offices in Australia are based in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, and Melbourne. We appreciate the interest of recruitment agencies in supporting DWF. For this opportunity, we are currently inviting applications directly from candidates and are not seeking agency referrals. Should we require additional recruitment support, we will engage with our preferred recruitment partners directly. Thank you for respecting our recruitment process.
Manage a varied caseload of complex litigated and unlitigated insurance matters. Provide coverage and defence advice to insurers, including local and London market underwriters. Draft and review pleadings, evidence, submissions, settlement agreements and other legal documents. Appear at court, mediations and settlement conferences, and brief and instruct counsel and experts. Build and maintain strong relationships with insurers, insured clients and key stakeholders. Mentor and support junior lawyers while contributing to business development initiatives.
Minimum 4 years of strong post-admission experience in personal injury litigation. Public liability experience is required. Strong attention to detail and practice management skills High level of competency with iManage (or similar document management system) and time recording software. Excellent written and verbal communication and advocacy skills. High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products (including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel), along with the willingness to be trained further. A willingness to adopt and utilise AI and new technologies. Collaborative mindset, proactive attitude and commitment to high performance. A proactive attitude with the ability to learn quickly. High level of professionalism and ethical standards. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.