Reflecting London’s status as a global insurance market, a high proportion of our cases has an international element. We act for overseas and multinational policyholders in all parts of the world in disputes with London Market insurers, as well as foreign captives and cedants against UK reinsurers. The firm’s independent status means that we are able to partner with the best policyholder representatives in each foreign jurisdiction, and we have a well-developed global network of experts to provide our clients with seamless coverage.

Our experience includes:

• Representing for a US drilling operator on its Political Risk claim for the loss of an oil drilling platform in Russia, abandoned as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Advising a Monaco investment manager on coverage of HMRC investigation costs and liabilities.
• Acting in an LCIA arbitration against numerous insurers on a USD 100m political risk dispute arising from the July 2021 riots in South Africa.
• Representing a Nordic property investment company in coverage and defence of claims brought against the company’s directors.
• Acting for a multinational hotel operator and its Bermuda-domiciled captive in (re)insurance claims against the Lloyd’s market for Covid-19 BI losses in Dubai, Mexico, Mauritius, Australia, Rwanda, Morocco and South Africa.
• Acting for an Australian travel company claimant in claims under the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act in the UK.
• Acting for an Azerbaijan mining company in relation to coverage of class action proceedings commenced against the company and its director in Washington DC.
• Representing a French broker and underwriting agency in relation to professional negligence arbitration proceedings commenced by UK.
• Acting for a policyholder in a claim for the loss of its fuel terminal in Afghanistan, following the violent dispossession of the terminal by the Taliban.