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Cantwell Lawyers is a specialist Insurance Law Firm acting for national and international insurers and brokers.

The Cantwell Lawyers team brings you one of Australia’s most experienced insurance lawyers. We form partnerships with our clients to create a close relationship that results in an intimate knowledge of our clients’ businesses. This enables us to provide proactive and timely advice to our clients, boosting their efficiency and resultant profitability.

Cantwell Lawyers was founded by Paul Cantwell in 2007 with a view to providing specialist services to the insurance industry that values close partnering with the client to achieve the client’s objectives in all matters.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under
Professional Standards Legislation.

Why choose Cantwell Lawyers

Flexible & Tailored Approach

Cantwell Lawyers understands that every client’s goals, and how those goals are achieved, can be unique to each client. We tailor our approach to suit each client, including respecting long standing relationships.


Establishing Close Partnerships

Forming partnerships is how Cantwell Lawyers effectively delivers its services to you. This partnership results in an intimate knowledge of a client’s business which enables us to create a focused strategy in order to work towards an agreed goal.


35 years experience in insurance law

We specialise in: Public & Private Liability, Contract Works & Industrial Special Risks, Design & Construct, Professional Indemnity, Marine, Aviation, Transport, Agriculture, Policy Coverage, Defence of Claims, Subrogated Recoveries and Policy Drafting including specialist London market wordings.

File & Claim Velocity

At Cantwell Lawyers our goal is to bring claims to resolution quickly. As experienced litigators, our goal is to drive all claims to conclusion – whether forcing a claim to be withdrawn, settled out of court, or proceeding with the defence of unmeritorious claims.