Brisbane-based Barry.Nilsson Lawyers has appointed Stephanie Cook and Donal Keenan to the firm's insurance and health team.

Cook joins the firm as a senior associate having returned from the United Kingdom after spending six years acting on behalf of UK and international insurers and reinsurers.

Prior to the UK, Cook worked in the insurance law team of an international firm in Brisbane. She specialises in the areas of property and liability insurance and product liability and property claims.

Beginning his career in Ireland, Keenan joins the firm as a solicitor with approximately five years' experience in commercial litigation and professional indemnity insurance.