Giana Laidlaw

Giana is a specialist in insurance coverage and litigation in the financial lines market. She is known for delivering strategic, commercially focused advice to insurers and insureds on complex coverage disputes, regulatory investigations and high-stakes litigation.

Experience

Giana advises local and international insurers on:

• Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance
• financial institutions and management liability
• class actions (coverage and monitoring counsel)
• professional indemnity (financial services, insolvency practitioners, accountants, brokers, real estate)
• regulatory investigations and enforcement
• complex coverage disputes and policy interpretation

Prior to joining Lander & Rogers, Giana worked in the insolvency and dispute resolution team of a large international firm, where she advised and acted for financiers, receivers and managers, liquidators and administrators.

Career highlights

Giana's career highlights include:

• acting as coverage counsel in multiple class actions against AMP Limited arising from the Financial Services Royal Commission, including claims relating to fee‑for‑no‑service conduct, inappropriate advice and excessive superannuation fees
• advising primary and excess insurers on securities class actions involving ASX‑listed companies, including coverage advice and strategy development to drive optimal commercial outcomes
• representing a liquidator in a complex Commonwealth claim under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Scheme, including cross‑claims involving contractual indemnity, estoppel and constructive trust issues
• acting for a major insurer in class action and individual proceedings concerning a high‑profile cosmetic surgery provider
• advising on coverage issues arising from a New Zealand wastewater treatment plant incident involving significant discharge of untreated sewage
• representing a peak industry body in Federal Court proceedings alleging misleading or deceptive conduct relating to emergency exit signage and lighting
• acting for the responsible entity of a residential development fund in AFCA complaints concerning alleged PDS misrepresentations
• acting for an accounting firm in a long‑running dispute involving the division of a large family farming operation
• defending a major engineering firm in a multi‑million‑dollar claim arising from the collapse of an earth embankment diverting the Morwell River through the Yallourn Coal Mine.