Ms Mina Matin > Norton Rose Fulbright > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Norton Rose Fulbright‘s insurance team deals with national and international insurance and reinsurance matters, with notable strength in representing major global insurance companies in complex Bermuda Form excess casualty arbitrations. The practice is co-led by four partners: Neel Lane, based in San Antonio, supports the practice in handling insurers in coverage litigation, class action suits, reinsurance arbitrations, and other disputes. In New York, fellow co-head Mina Matin is recognized for her work in Bermuda Form arbitrations, with extensive experience representing international insurers, reinsurers, and captive insurance companies in litigation and arbitrations worldwide, while Robert Romano is notable for his extensive experience in insurance regulatory and corporate matters. This year, the team has gained additional strength with Kevin Fischer joining as co-head from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, contributing experience in complex insurance M&A transactions, bringing with him a team including partners Bruce Baty, Jodi Adolf, and Michael Schwartz.

‘Exceptional both in terms of its quality and its geographical reach’, Norton Rose Fulbright’s international arbitration practice leverages a thriving Houston offering, which marks it as a key contender for energy and natural resources-related work. Primarily active on commercial cases, the team is also well versed in investor-state matters, where it has extensive experience in both ICSID and UNCITRAL proceedings. From Houston, global department head, Mark Baker, has acted as counsel or arbitrator in cases spanning more than sixty countries worldwide, with a focus on the energy, infrastructure, mining, transport and financial services spheres. Kevin O’Gorman, also in Houston, spearheads the US international arbitration practice and specializes in commercial, energy, sovereign, treaty and project-related disputes. The group also draws on Washington DC’s Matthew Kirtland, who is praised as ‘inventive in his arguments’; New York-based insurance disputes co-head Mina Matin, who is highly regarded for Bermuda Form arbitrations; and talented San Francisco-based senior associate Katie Connolly.