Wynterhill LLP

Managing Partner: Stuart Hill
Number of partners: 7
Number of other fee earners: 10

Wynterhill is a highly experienced niche practice created for one purpose: to serve the needs of policyholders in respect of any unusual or complex insurance coverage issue. Wynterhill’s partners are seasoned coverage lawyers who have not only drafted and negotiated policy wordings for major clients, but have guided insurance disputes from first notification to the highest appellate courts of the UK and abroad. The firm works very closely with many of the UKs Top 100 insurance brokers.

Wynterhill is known for: (i)drafting notifications to insurers of claims and circumstances; (ii) claims advocacy to insurance brokers; (iii) dispute resolution in respect of complex or unusual insurance coverage disputes in the UK including litigation or arbitration and expert determination; (iv) complaints to the Financial Ombudsman; (v) taking on cases where there has been a perceived injustice; and (vi) related professional negligence claims which have an insurance twist.

The team is particularly strong in the following products/sectors:

- Financial Lines (Crime Liability/Directors & Officers/Financial Institutions/W&I)
- Professional Indemnity;
- Construction (Professional Indemnity, Contractors All Risks, Public Liability and Product Liability);
- Property & Business Interruption; and
- Speciality Risks.

Wynterhill has advised a broad range of clients including: accountants, commercial landlords, construction companies (and sub-contractors), directors and officers, financial institutions (including banks and wealth management companies), HNWIs, international insurance brokers, IFAs, professionals, Lloyd’s coverholders, manufacturers, renewable energy businesses, solicitors, surveyors and waste management businesses. The firm is regularly referred work from conflicted insurance lawyers on the insurer side of the market.

Wynterhill has been retained by lawyers in a number of foreign or offshore jurisdictions to advise their international clients with matters involving English Law.