Andrew is a Corporate Insurance advisory and Litigation specialist. He has over two decades of experience assisting statutory bodies, insurers, captives, corporates, directors, and brokers with insurance and risk programs, regulatory investigations and, in the defence of complex claims. It spans all major commercial lines such as liability, environmental, D&O, professional indemnity, financial institutions, construction and engineering, BIR, regulatory and property.
Expertise
Experience
- Queensland statutory authority Acting in the defence of a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation.
- Queensland government department Advising on insurable risks in connection with negotiating a multimillion-dollar arrangement with its IT provider.
- Northern Territory government Advising on appropriate insurance products and arrangements that form part of the financial assurance framework established in the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2022.
- ASX listed bank and insurer D&O and BCCPI Providing coverage analysis if there were a breach, investigation or regulatory action initiated under the Financial Accountability Regime.
- Ex-CIO and director of an ASX listed funds management company Advising (in liquid) in defence of a class action for breaches of directors’ duties in Federal Court.
- Insurer Defending an environmental insurance dispute in respect of PFOS contamination issues at a major international airport.
- Captive insurer of an ASX listed national rail operator Acting in respect of major derailments and recovery of loss against third parties.
- National transport insurer Advising on relief from DSM provisions stemming from Hayne royal commission.
- Major banks and financial institutions Defending multimillion dollar claims for negligence and misleading and deceptive advice/conduct.
- Domestic and international insurers Acting across major banks and financial institutions and other ASX listed companies, as coverage counsel on class actions, remediation programs, regulatory investigations, and prosecutions.
- International D&O insurers Acting as coverage and monitoring counsel, in respect of numerous class actions initiated against banks and other financial institutions.
- D&O insurers of ASX listed leisure management company Acting as coverage counsel for the WHS investigation and coronial inquest following the death of four patrons at Dreamworld.
- Excess insurers Acting as coverage counsel on a banking and professional liability policy for claims against a financial services providers for breaches of money laundering and terrorism funding provisions.
- Insurers Acting as coverage counsel, in relation to analysing complicated financial and regulatory claims surrounding manipulation of wholesale interbank interest rates and associated pecuniary penalties.
