Alexander Oddy
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
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About
Provided by Alexander Oddy
Practice Areas
Insurance Disputes
Commercial litigation
Dispute resolution
Professional negligence
Career
Alex is head of the contentious Insurance and Professional Risks team in London. His practice includes all aspects of insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation and contentious regulatory investigations. He heads the firm's market leading Alternative Dispute Resolution practice. He is a solicitor advocate and a CEDR accredited mediator.
He is particularly known for his work with clients in the energy and natural resources sector where he has represented policyholders on many of the largest losses in the London and international insurance markets, assisting clients to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from insurers through negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration.
Alex established and leads the firm's Decision Analysis service helping our clients take more rigorous decisions on a range of contentious matters.
Chambers Review
UK
Alexander Oddy has vast experience in handling coverage disputes on behalf of policyholder clients, including leading energy companies and financial institutions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alex has a strong technical depth, he is aware and is strategically excellent."
"Alex is very experienced and commercially aware. He's ahead of his time in his approach to litigation and ability to think outside the box strategically."
"Alex has a strong technical depth, he is aware and is strategically excellent."
"Alex is very experienced and commercially aware. He's ahead of his time in his approach to litigation and ability to think outside the box strategically."
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