Insurance Lawyer

Thomson Geer is a leading national commercial law firm with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. The firm has approximately 700 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients - their business success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success.

The Role:

We are currently looking for a Lawyer to join our high performing General Insurance Litigation team in Melbourne. The position will work closely with experienced and respected Partner and colleagues on a range of interesting and complex litigated public liability, professional indemnity and self-insurance matters.

The successful candidate will ideally have at least 3 years PAE in insurance litigation, but other areas of experience may also be considered. You will be driven to exceed deadlines in order to align with the competitive direction of Thomson Geer and the General Insurance team, and in return you will work alongside a dynamic and collaborative team with experienced and proactive secretarial support.

Requirements: To be successful in this role, you will need to:
Possess experience dealing broadly with litigated Insurance and self-insurance matters;
Have exposure to drafting legal documents, advices and negotiations;
Demonstrate a client focused approach with superior organisational skills as the work is deadline sensitive;
With appropriate mentoring and supervision, have the ability to work relatively autonomously and handle files and matters independently;
Have excellent attention to detail, analytical skills which will be backed up by strong academics;
Be familiar with statutory legislation and case law; and
Possess a genuine interest in insurance law and a desire to further your career in this area.

Litigation experience will be highly regarded.

What we offer:

As a major corporate firm we pose an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro-bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, daily breakfast, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.

We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability to get the best outcome for our clients and make sure our team are taken care of.

Thomson Geer is committed to its Reconciliation Plan and to inclusion and diversity, and encourages and welcomes applications from First Nations People, applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability and mature age people. Read more