Grant Covington

Grant joined Omni Bridgeway in February 2022 as an Investment Manager in the Sydney office.

Grant is an insurance law and commercial litigation specialist bringing to the Omni Bridgeway team over 20 years’ experience advising clients of major insurers, underwriters and underwriting agencies operating in the Australian market, including Lloyds syndicates and in handling disputes involving the financial services and institutions sector.

Grant joined Omni Bridgeway from law firm Wotton & Kearney where he was a Special Counsel where he acted in defending insureds in litigated and unlitigated, complex professional indemnity and D&O claims, commercial litigation and class actions. Prior to this he was Special Counsel with Moray & Agnew.

Throughout his career, Grant has acted in various major matters, most notably advising an international insurer in a wide-ranging brief for all its notifications by the major banks and financial institutions, including those relating to the Financial Services Royal Commission. He has also advised insurers on coverage-related issues under various management liability, financial institutions, crime, IMI, PI and D&O policies, including for excess layer insurers.

Grant has a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.