Connect with meJacques has extensive experience in assisting clients in a broad range of financial lines and speciality claims. Jacques’ experience includes advising insurers on coverage, including complex coverage disputes, as well as acting as defence counsel for insureds in disputes. Jacques’ experience is diverse, ranging from advising in high-profile big value disputes to SME claims and regulatory matters.
Jacques acts for both insurers and insureds across various sectors. His diverse background and broad experience across multiple sectors enable him to advise a broad range of clients. He brings a commercial and resolution-focused approach to claims and is recognised for his personal and stakeholder-focused approach.
During his career, Jacques has been involved in several industry-defining cases, particularly in the warranty & indemnity space. He is recognised in The Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner in insurance.
Warranty and Indemnity
- Acting in a litigated warranty and indemnity dispute valued at in excess of $200 million, where the claim involves complex global transaction of Singapore-based assets.
- Advising an insurer on two breaches of warranty claims relating to allegations of the underpayment of a material contract and an intellectual property dispute, following an acquisition deal worth over $300 million.
- Advising clients in various buy-side claims around breaches of warranties across multiple sectors.
- Advising on a sell-side policy claim around tax warranty breaches.
- Advising on a breach of warranty claim in the SME sector.
Professional Indemnity
- Advising on professional indemnity claims and acting as defence counsel on professional negligence claims against accountants, construction professionals, financial planners, mortgage brokers, stockbrokers and real estate professionals.
- Advising allied health professionals on claims and disciplinary proceedings.
- Advising clients in the NDIS and aged care sectors in complex regulatory investigations.
Directors and Officers Liability
- Advising insurers on complex claims under D&O and Management Liability policies involving directors & officers.
- Acting for directors in complex disputes and investigations, including group actions and disputes around investments and representations.
- Advising directors around disputes around statutory liability (such as WHS) and employment claims.
Coverage and Monitoring
- Advising clients on complex coverage matters across multiple product lines, including professional indemnity, financial institutions, warranty and indemnity, and D&O.
- Advising underwriters on a complex claim involving multiple class actions in North America against a global resources company.
- Advising D&O insurers on multiple Australian-based class actions.
- Directors and Officers Liability
- Financial Institutions
- Management Liability
- Professional Liability
- Technology Liability
- Trade Credit
- Warranty and Indemnity
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Financial Institutions and Services
- Professions and Business Services
- Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Technology and Cyber
- Australian Insurance Law Association
- Australian Professional Indemnity Group (NSW Committee Member)
- Law Society of New South Wales