Stephanie provides vital support to the front-end insurance practice, the corporate teams (which includes public and private M&A) and the dispute resolution teams. She advises across a broad range of insurance related issues including negotiating insurance provisions in large scale transactions, strategic advisory work, contentious and non-contentious insurance coverage matters and captive insurance arrangements.
Stephanie also advises on indemnity arrangements for directors and officers and on insurance policy drafting including for Directors and Officers, Professional Indemnity, Cyber, Public and Products Liability and Industrial Special Risks. She has broad experience in insurance advisory and insurance litigation acting on behalf of insurers, policyholders, and large local and global clients. Stephanie has invaluable insight into and understanding of the ever-evolving insurance market and financial services regulatory framework.
Key career highlights include:
- Advising large Australian and multi-national corporations, a large telecommunications group, large real estate group and other ASX-listed and private companies, and State and Federal government bodies on contentious and non-contentious insurance matters, including:
- advising boards / officers on their indemnity arrangements;
- advising on policy responsiveness and preparation of complex claim notifications and submissions, assisting brokers and responding to insurer queries;
- advising on contracts with a focus on insurance and indemnity provisions.
- Advising a foreign entity on the Australian insurance regulatory implications in relation to offering certain investments to investors in Australia.
- Advising and negotiating insurance provisions in high profile demergers.
- Advising financial services institutions on the implementation of the Financial Accountability Regime.
- Policy drafting for Directors and Officers liability, Professional Indemnity, Cyber, Public and Products Liability and Industrial Special Risks insurance policies including with respect to reinsurance contracts, including negotiating the same with insurers and reinsurers.
- Advising on captive insurance arrangements.
- Advising State and Federal government bodies and other major entities, as well as their private counterparties, with respect to public–private partnerships, and, in particular, advising on, reviewing and negotiating, the insurance aspects across these transactions.
- Advising on various regulatory issues in relation to financial products, financial services, including distribution and provision of financial products.
