Chambers Review
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Insurance: Contentious Claims & Reinsurance - UK
What the Team is Known For
BCLP maintains a strong profile for its representation of an impressive roster of blue-chip companies in reinsurance disputes, including those arising from major instances of political unrest and financial misconduct as well as natural disasters. The firm also acts for insurers and underwriters on a range of matters, including significant property damage and construction-related claims. The team exhibits considerable skill in international arbitrations as well as litigation and has notable expertise in cases concerning complex aggregation issues.
Strengths
BCLP have great knowledge and a team with diverse skills on hand to deploy as the needs arise. They are also adept at considering the commercial dynamics of the dispute.
BCLP is pragmatic in finding acceptable market solutions, responsive to requests and very efficient in execution.
They are pragmatic in finding market acceptable solutions, responsive to requests and very efficient in execution. They have also navigated through the complexity in a remarkable way.
In a constantly evolving area their advice was always concise, commercial and creative. They listened to the client's concerns and constraints, delivering a strategy in accordance with those needs.
The team gave brilliant advice, which ultimately helped us to extract the best settlement.
Work Highlights
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner acted for Travelers in a coverage dispute relating to loss caused by a series of fires which damaged an office building and adjoining warehouse in Scotland.
Notable practitioners
Anthony Lennox is head of BCLP's reinsurance and insurance group. He adroitly handles a broad spectrum of insurance and reinsurance disputes, including those relating to construction defect claims and property damage as the result of fire, flooding and civil unrest. He also has expertise in financial lines claims.
Anthony Lennox is excellent.
Anthony is very knowledgeable of insurance and reinsurance law while also being commercially minded.
Anthony Lennox is an excellent lawyer with great commercial acumen and provides user-friendly advice.
He has deep knowledge of this sector, the key players and issues.
Jonathan provides deep technical resources in the areas of specialist reinsurance where we face some of our most complex challenges.
Jonathan knows the sector really well and has provided some great tactical advice.
Jonathan Sacher has been unbelievably helpful and patient during the most difficult times. He has always provided sensible and commercial advice.
James Fairburn is a skilled insurance and reinsurance practitioner who handles a wide array of matters.
He takes a thoughtful and creative approach.
James is a very sharp and commercially astute lawyer.
James brings good technical knowledge of specialist insurance areas together with an understanding of what our specific commercial outcomes might need to be.