Insurance: Insurer: Non-contentious
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Australia
Band 2
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Chambers Review
DLA Piper has a full-service offering and is well placed to act across financial lines, construction, cyber and W&I claims. The team is also noted for its non-contentious capability, with experience advising on transactional and compliance matters, as well as pricing and insurance products. Its key clients include major insurers such as Suncorp and Swiss Re. The insurance team is also active in the insuretech space, representing venture capital firms and start-ups.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They have an impressive capacity to manage complex multi-party financial lines insurance claims."
"DLA Piper have great depth of knowledge and expertise in Australia in the financial services regulatory environment, with extremely capable SAs and junior lawyers."
"They have an impressive capacity to manage complex multi-party financial lines insurance claims."
"DLA Piper have great depth of knowledge and expertise in Australia in the financial services regulatory environment, with extremely capable SAs and junior lawyers."
Notable Practitioners
Tricia Hobson of DLA Piper in Sydney is active in both the contentious and the non-contentious spheres, her expertise ranging from handling class actions and other large-scale litigation to the provision of in-depth coverage advice.
"Someone who has been in the sector for a substantial amount of time, and works on some very significant matters."
Samantha O'Brien in Brisbane advises an impressive variety of insurer, insurance agency and intermediary clients on a broad range of transactional and regulatory issues.
"Sam is the go-to person. She is extremely pragmatic and has a broad range of expertise. She provides helpful market insight, shares ideas and provides flexible, practical solutions."
"Sam is amazing to work with. She is calm, level-headed, highly switched-on and a great leader."