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Elyse is a Senior Associate in Lander & Rogers' Insurance Law & Litigation group. She specialises in professional indemnity (with a particular focus across construction, engineering and financial lines), and directors' and officers' liability advising on both indemnity and defence.
Experience
Elyse has extensive experience in a wide range of commercial disputes. Having commenced her professional career seeking a broad range of exposure across insurance lines, she has experience in construction, financial lines, directors & officers, first party property claims and large securities and shareholder class actions. She also has experience acting for a party summoned to give evidence in a public inquiry.
Elyse advises local and international insurers on complex indemnity and liability matters. She has experience advising a variety of professionals including architects, builders, financial advisors, auditors and accountants.
Elyse has spent time working in London where, focusing on construction professional liability and disputes, she gained experience on a number of UK construction adjudications.
Elyse's areas of expertise include:
- construction and engineering disputes
- professional indemnity
- litigation
- dispute resolution.
Career highlights
Elyse's career highlights include:
- advising primary and excess insurers in connection with shareholder and securities class actions
- advising a large D&C contractor and its insurers in relation to slab defects in a residential/commercial project and subsequent subrogated recovery for rectification and other costs
- acting for an architect and its insurer in a multi-million dollar dispute concerning waterproofing and aluminium composite cladding
- acting in defence of large and often multi-party construction defects disputes
- advising a party summoned to give evidence in a public inquiry.
