Senior Associate - Insurance and Corporate Risk

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 leading government, dispute resolution and insurance practices across its Australian offices. These practices regularly act for private and government clients in state and federal courts and tribunals, as well as providing legal and strategic advice on a range of legal issues.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Associate to join our Insurance and Corporate Risk team. This role is based in our Canberra office, and 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 civil litigation and advisory matters. You will manage a caseload of insurance litigation proceedings before the ACT Magistrates Court and ACT Supreme Court, as well as assisting with other civil litigation and/or public law matters. You will also be involved in providing legal and strategic advice to insurers, private clients and/or government clients on a range of legal issues.

This role may involve some solicitor advocacy, as well as instructing counsel in more complicated matters. The role will require the supervision and review of the work of more junior staff and working with the Partners on client development and training.

More About You

You will be a motivated, focused and enthusiastic lawyer who is seeking a new challenge, working within an outstanding and collaborative national team.

We are looking for candidates who have strong civil litigation experience, with experience acting for a variety of insurers (including government insurers, corporate self-insurers and general insurers), private clients and/or government clients.

We welcome applications from lawyers who possess:

• 5+ years' experience in private practice at leading firms;
• strong client focus and demonstrated ability to form enduring relationships with peers, clients and industry;
• a willingness to drive the development of the practice and new client relationships;
• experience appearing as a solicitor advocate, instructing counsel, and attending settlement conferences;
• strong technical and drafting skills;
• resilient and committed to excellence that matches our own;
• work in a highly collaborative environment;
• strong attention to detail and time management skills; and
• take pride in their work and who they work for.

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.