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Address
Deutsche Bank Place Cnr Hunter & Phillip Streets Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Telephone
+61 2 9230 4000
Fax
+61 2 9230 5333
Website
Services offered
We are at the forefront on advising on government policy, and regulatory and legislative matters relating to the industry.
Our insurance corporate and regulatory sub group advises on the full range of non-contentious issues affecting the industry. We act for life and general insurers, registered health benefit organisations, insurance intermediaries, insurance industry bodies, and corporate clients on insurance regulatory/compliance issues, mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings.
We represent key members of the Australian and overseas insurance and reinsurance markets and also act for intermediaries and insureds.
We specialise in conducting large, high value and complex litigation, and acting in public inquiries.
Key Personnel
Key partners in the insurance area include John Morgan, Dean Carrigan, Michael Ball, John Edmond, Matthew Skinner, Andrea Martignoni, Michael Quinlan, Malcolm Stephens, Louise Jenkins, Jenny Thornton and Andrew Buchanan.
Employees
1,500
Business Summary
Allens Arthur Robinson is a full service law firm providing services through its network of 14 offices in the Asia Pacific region with a very significant insurance and reinsurance practice. It is known internationally for its work on corporate, regulatory and contentious matters providing advice to insurance and corporate clients across Asia, London-based Lloyds syndicates and corporate insurers, Bermuda and the United States.
The Insurance Practice Group consists of 18 partners and approximately 50 lawyers.
Additional Information
The practice group is headed by Oscar Shub who is recognised in the Legal Media Best of the Best as being in the top 10 insurance and reinsurance lawyers worldwide. The firm has been recognised in Chambers Global Guide in Band 1 for insurance with the following notation:
"No other firm has its skill base and geographical spread" said market sources about the firm, which offers a full range of insurance and reinsurance services. The "strong team of front and back-end people with immense technical expertise" has advised a large variety of clients on difficult and complex issues.
Oscar Shub has been recognised in the Chambers Global Guide in Band 1 and John Morgan, Michael Ball and Dean Carrigan in Band 2.