McCabe Terrill has chosen to specialise in five key areas of practice:
As we often work closely with our clients’ other professional advisers we have chosen not to adopt the full service model offered by some larger firms. We regularly partner with our clients’ other professional advisers to meet project-specific requirements that fall outside the scope of our focus areas.
McCabe Terrill’s commercial dispute resolution team has extensive experience in a wide range of commercial disputes across a variety of industries. Our depth of experience in this area of practice allows us to provide to our clients both technical excellence and commercially relevant legal solutions.Our commercial dispute resolution team prides itself on offering an innovative and tactical service across the following areas of practice: - Commercial disputes
- Corporations Act and Trade Practices Act
- Banking and finance
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property
- Debt recovery
McCabe Terrill’s excellent professional staff retention rates have enabled us to manage long-running litigation matters with the same professionals from start to resolution.By ensuring that only those with the necessary ability and experience do the work, we create an environment to resolve claims quickly, promoting cost efficiency and focus on flexible resolution strategies.Above all, we seek to avoid involving our clients in disputes where legal costs have the potential to become disproportionate to the likely range of outcomes.Our Commercial Dispute Resolution practice has provided assistance in many significant and complex matters, across a range of industries.
Our team:
McCabe Terrill’s corporate and commercial team is known for delivering high quality and innovative solutions to its clients. With a strong emphasis on technical excellence, our team provides timely advice on day-to-day legal issues and significant transactions.
Clients appreciate our ability to bring commercially relevant legal insights and strong execution skills to their matters.
We are passionate about what we do and enjoy working closely with our clients to achieve successful outcomes. Our team has a strong reputation for accessibility and providing value for money.
Our team:
McCabe Terrill’s government team has extensive knowledge of the particular legal, cultural and operational frameworks within which our government clients operate.
We are committed to achieving the best results following the model litigant policy. We appreciate that with all our government clients, different considerations apply because of the wide range of stakeholders and the scrutiny of government generally. We understand that our clients have reporting lines and accountabilities that are not limited to the successful conclusion of a particular matter or transaction.
McCabe Terrill has a strong track record in responding to these concerns and also in providing quality, practical and cost-effective legal advice. Our government team has expertise in: Advising government departments on all aspects of statutory and common law liability issues
Advising on commercial legal issues including documentation of agreements and dispute resolution
Conduct of defence in complex and voluminous litigation, inquiries and disciplinary proceedings
Claims and risk management strategy and implementation, having regard to both operational and organisational public relations issues
We regularly advise on government-related regulatory, insurance, commercial and disciplinary / investigational requirements. McCabe Terrill has an excellent record of achievement for its government clients at trial and in appellate jurisdictions.
McCabe Terrill’s government law services team offers expertise to a number of state government organisations, including:
The Department of Housing
The NSW Police Force
The Roads and Traffic Authority
Local governments and councils, including Metropool Group and Westpool Group
Our team:
Our insurance team is committed to providing specialist services to insurers, intermediaries, insurance pools and insureds. We practice in all areas of insurance law, both contentious and non-contentious work.
We have the capacity and experience to manage claims of all sizes. Our expertise includes professional indemnity, directors and officers liability, public liability, property, products, construction, medical negligence, policy interpretation and drafting.
The insurance principals act in significant cases and are at the forefront of landmark legal developments.
Our clients seek us out because we understand their businesses and the arenas in which they operate. McCabe Terrill represents:
Insurance companies in Australia and overseas
Insurance syndicates in the London market
Insurance intermediaries and underwriting agencies operating in Australia
Self-insured corporations and industry groups
Unlike other law firms, McCabe Terrill has always valued a broad insurance law practice and our core commitment to the insurance industry will continue.
The top names in insurance have chosen the McCabe Terrill insurance team because of our innovative and pragmatic approach.
Our focus is meeting our clients’ objectives quickly and efficiently. Timely reporting, accurate reserving and open communication are benchmarks. We pride ourselves on our ability to be flexible and approachable in meeting our clients’ needs.
Our Team:
McCabe Terrill’s property team offers a comprehensive range of property-related legal services to all participants in this market.
Our experience enables us to offer cost-effective and timely solutions for our clients. Our aim is for each transaction to run as smoothly as possible, from initial engagement through to conclusion.The group specialises in property projects and developments, acquisitions and sales of commercial and residential property and commercial and retail leasing.
Our clients include property developers, shopping centre owners, landlords and tenants, and a number of government organisations.Our work includes assisting clients on transactions relating to the financing, development and leasing of shopping centres, commercial city buildings and residential developments.
Our property group also operates an efficient and cost effective conveyancing service for investors and home owners.Our clients benefit from the fact that we are a smaller, more flexible team that insists on and delivers technical excellence. Our property lawyers strive to anticipate issues before they arise and implement strategies to prevent them from escalating and disrupting the progress of a transaction. Our team: