HFW

Insurance/Reinsurance

Special Counsel

Sophy acts for Australia's largest corporations involved in complex disputes, especially contested insurance claims. She has particularly strong experience acting for mining companies in liability, D&O and PD/BI insurance coverage disputes. She also regularly acts for financial services clients, primarily major banks involved in high profile disputes. Having undertaken secondments within BHP and Transurban, Sophy has industry knowledge and a commercial approach. Clients commend Sophy as "enormously reliable, efficient and helpful, able to assimilate issues quickly and provide advice quickly and succinctly."

Her recent work includes:

Acting for a large mining company on a cross-border liability insurance claim. Acting for a large mining company on a PD/BI insurance claim arising from a seismic event. Acting for Newcrest Mining defending a shareholder class action and bringing a cross-claim for coverage against its D&O insurers. Acting for a major bank on the Royal Commission into Banking Misconduct. Acting for Ensham Resources in its PD/BI insurance claim arising from the Queensland floods.