Associate or Senior Associate | Complex Liabilities, Insurance and Regulation

Location: Canberra

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

The Team

MinterEllison has a leading non-contentious (advisory and regulatory) and contentious (coverage and disputes) insurance and complex liability disputes practice across its Australian offices. MinterEllison also acts for corporate and government clients in providing legal and strategic advice on a broad range of legal issues and managing litigation in state and federal courts and tribunals.

The Role

An outstanding opportunity exists for an Associate or Senior Associate to join our Canberra Complex Liabilities, Insurance and Regulation team. The successful candidate will be working primarily with Partners Tom Galvin and Kemsley Brennan, along with other senior members of our Canberra and national teams.

In this role you will have responsibility for a range of contentious and non-contentious matters and will also assist with providing legal and strategic advice to clients. Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload of commercial and insurance litigated matters before the ACT Courts and other state and federal courts.
• Assisting on broader insurance and commercial disputes.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to corporate and government clients on insurance and commercial issues.
• Appearing as a solicitor advocate where appropriate and instructing counsel in more complex matters.
• For Senior Associates, supervising and reviewing the work of junior lawyers and contributing to client development and team capability initiatives.

More About You

You are a motivated, focused and enthusiastic lawyer seeking a new challenge within a highly collaborative national team.

We welcome applications from lawyers who:

• have 4+ years’ post‑qualification experience in private practice at leading law firms;
• have strong civil litigation experience;
• have strong client focus and demonstrated ability to form enduring relationships with peers, clients and industry;
• are willing to drive the development of the practice and new client relationships;
• have experience appearing as a solicitor advocate, instructing counsel, and attending settlement conferences;
• have strong technical and drafting skills;
• are resilient and committed to excellence;
• desire to work in a highly collaborative environment;
• have strong attention to detail and effective time management skills; and
• take pride in their work and who they work for.

Senior Associate candidates will also demonstrate the capability and interest to supervise junior lawyers and contribute to the ongoing development of the practice.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Alexandra.Hussain@minterellison.com.