Lawyer or Associate | Health and General Insurance Disputes Team

Location: Melbourne

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)

Your role

A great opportunity currently exists for a legal practitioner with at least 1-2 years of post-admission experience to join our pre-eminent Health and General Insurance disputes team in Melbourne on a full-time basis.

Our national health law team is led by Sarah Lark and Shane Evans who are highly regarded and recognised for their in-depth understanding of medical negligence, coronial law, health regulation and advisory, disputes and crisis/ reputational matters.

You will join a specialist team led by Sarah from Sydney advising corporate health care providers on resolving a wide range of litigated and non-litigated disputes and inquiries, including medical malpractice claims, coronial inquests, statutory complaints and class actions. You will also assist our corporate health clients with clinical governance advisory matters and provide risk management advice following incidents. You will also work closely with our Melbourne practice group leader and partner, Peter Coats, and partner, Dora Cosentino, on general insurance matters (sensitive claims and general liability) for our VIC Gov and corporate clients in the Melbourne office. 

Working in a supportive, flexible and close-knit team across Melbourne and Sydney, you will be solution-driven, commercial and pragmatic, and focused on understanding our clients' needs. With there having been recent changes in our Melbourne team, the role presents an excellent career opportunity for the right candidate to assist Sarah to re-build our local offering of our pre-eminent national health law practice. You will also do rewarding work for the broader general insurance team and have a strong, local connection to Sarah and her Sydney team, as well as your Melbourne colleagues, local partner supervision and career pathways.

What you need

We welcome applications from lawyers who:

• have at least 1-2 year's post-admission and technical experience preferably with health-related disputes in medical malpractice and coronial law, and a proven ability to practice with a level of autonomy. However, more general personal injury litigation experience will also be considered;
• have practised in the District Court, Supreme Court and/or State Administrative Tribunal;
• can explain complex issues to clients clearly and concisely;
• have technical excellence;
• have a strong client focus and a demonstrated focus on forming enduring relationships with clients and industry experts;
• thrive in a highly collaborative environment;
• take pride in their work and who they work for; and
• have experience leading a team and growing a thriving 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.