Ellen Ryan
Profile
Ellen is a Senior Associate in Kennedys’ Sydney office. She has extensive experience advising and representing local and international insurers on coverage and defence work across a broad range of insurance lines. Her expertise focuses on complex coverage issues concerning financial lines, professional indemnity, directors’ & officers’, management liability and construction policies. Ellen is passionate about the class action landscape and complex policy construction issues.
Ellen also has vast experience as defence counsel acting for professionals (such as accountants, financial advisers, solicitors, barristers, health professionals) in disciplinary and negligence proceedings, including class actions. Ellen’s experience includes defamation and fraud.
Qualifications and admissions
Qualifications/Memberships
- Juris Doctor | University of Technology Sydney | 2017
- Member of AIL
Admissions
- Supreme Court of New South Wales | August 2018
- High Court of Australia | October 2018
Market recognition
- Accepted into the AILA Emerging Leadership Program for 2026.
Banking and finance
Construction and engineering
Insurance and reinsurance