Insurance

"The legal advice is detailed and informative."  Client testimonial in Chambers and Partners 2024

 

"The firm has excellent knowledge of the sector and provides high-quality legal services with a customer-oriented attitude."  Client testimonial in Legal 500 2024

 

"A substantive practice and a good reputation" Client testimonial in Chambers and Partners 2022

 

Our insurance team acts for underwriters, brokers and intermediaries, principally regarding policy issues, coverage disputes as well as personal injury and employee compensation claims.

 

We provide a full service in respect of insurance and reinsurance matters, including policy drafting and interpretation, coverage issues, contracts, regulatory advice and crisis management. Our diverse international clients include insurance and reinsurance companies, brokers, Lloyd's syndicates, corporate and individual policyholders, administrators and liquidators.

 

To best assist our clients, we leverage our in-depth knowledge in drafting and interpreting policy terms as well as handling non-marine and marine insurance and reinsurance disputes in litigation, arbitration and mediation. We are accustomed to working with liquidators and administrators in the insurance industry when they encounter financial difficulties.


Key areas of practice include: 

 

  • Admiralty insurance
  • Asset and structured finance
  • Business interruption insurance
  • Corporate and regulatory insurance
  • Directors' and officers' liability insurance
  • Event insurance
  • General insurance and reinsurance
  • International trade
  • P&I insurance
  • Personal injury
  • Professional indemnity
  • Shipping insurance


Key Partners:

Chris Howse; David Kan; David Coogans; Alison Scott; William Leung; Michael Withington; Gary Chow; Tony Leung