Mark is a solicitor who commenced practice in 1986. He was elevated to partner of a national law firm in 1993 (at the age of 31) and since then has practised as a partner in two other national law firms.
He currently practises from offices in the Sydney CBD and eastern suburbs.
For over 30 years, Mark has acted for the insured and insurers in a wide variety of liability, indemnity and commercial disputes.
He has been involved in many of the leading professional liability and insurance law cases in Australia, most recently the decision of the Full Federal Court of Australia in Watkins Syndicate 0457 at Lloyds v Pantaenius Australia Pty Ltd. His expertise in this area stretches across all fields of insurance and beyond Australian shores to the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, United States, Asia and the Pacific.
He has practised extensively in financial lines insurance, particularly insurance for industry superfunds, accountants (including auditors, insolvency specialists and tax agents), lawyers, company directors and officers.
He has also had significant experience in the health space having acted in matters involving nursing home proprietors, doctors, and hospitals. In January 2017, Mark was appointed to the MDA National panel for New South Wales through his close association to the MDA National claims team.
Mark also works closely with insurance brokers to provide their clients with education, risk management and ‘first point of call’ services. Many brokers recognise the fundamental importance of early claims management and either engage Mark to assist their clients with claims management or include him in their tenders for new business as a consulting member to their claims management team.
Mark is highly experienced in the drafting of policy wordings. These include D&O policy wordings and Employment Practices Liability wordings. He has recently finished drafting a cyber wording for a well-known German insurer bringing together German precision and Australian flair.
Mark is experienced in drafting commercial contracts ranging from the purchase of an airplane from the Federal Government to management agreements and discretionary trusts.
The depth and length of Mark’s experience enables him to write extensively and present frequently on a wide variety of liability, risk management and insurance issues. He has presented papers on these topics throughout Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, India and Singapore.