Directors & Officers
We are trusted by company decision-makers, and their insurers, to provide exceptional legal representation.
Australia's directors and officers face a heightened risk of liability, confronted with new risks of cyber threats, ESG, artificial intelligence (AI), sustainable finance, and WHS risks, in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
We also know that the company officers can face significant personal and reputational risks that go beyond monetary loss. Our approach is to analyse risk and strategy at an early stage, to assist our clients reach the best outcome—whether that is early resolution of a claim or robust defence.
Our team represents companies and individual directors and officers from a diverse range of industries in:
- regulatory investigations/enforcement actions
- liquidator examinations
- civil claims including multi-party disputes/class actions, and
- advising primary and excess insurers on notifications, coverage and monitoring of those claims.
Our in-depth understanding of directors’ obligations and emerging risks enables us to deliver practical training and advice to boards on directors' duties, liabilities and other financial regulatory issues. With our dual expertise in dispute resolution for directors and officers and as trusted advisors to the insurance market, we offer practical and commercial advice on insurance wordings, the procurement of D&O policies, claims handling obligations, claims reserving, and management of all stakeholder interests in resolving disputes.
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Senior team
National Practice Group Leader
t: +61 2 9373 1485+61 2 9373 1485
m: +61 417 240 076+61 417 240 076
o: Sydney