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Professional negligence
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Leading individuals
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- Matt Andrews Kennedys
- Tim Brown Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
- Clare Canning Mayer Brown International LLP
- Charlotte Capstick Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP
- Richard Clark Slaughter and May
- Sarah Clover Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
- Mark Connoley Reed Smith
- Sean Connolly Mayer Brown International LLP
- Andrew Davis Fishburns LLP
- Angela Dimsdale Gill Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Martin Fox CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
- Andrew Hart Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Simon Konsta Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
- Antony Marsh Fishburns LLP
- Barney Micklem Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
- Colin Passmore Simmons & Simmons
- Michael Seymour Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Antony Smith Beale and Company Solicitors LLP
A ‘true market leader’ and ‘first-class practice’, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP’s 16-partner team is led by Sarah Clover, ‘the doyenne of professional negligence’. It handles claims and advises on insurance, reinsurance and global policy for the captive insurers of the Big Four accounting firms. It also acts for Catlin, QBE, Mitsui and Novae. Andrew Blair is ‘superb’; Fergal Cathie is recommended for his ‘excellent response times’; Neil Jamieson has great experience and shows ‘toughness where necessary’; and the ‘highly skilled’ Simon Konsta is also recommended. Julian Randall moved to Taylor Wessing LLP in October 2010.
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP’s ‘excellent team’ is ‘always willing to go the extra mile’. The 12-partner group advises some of the world’s largest insurers, and its expertise extends across the areas of accountants, brokers, surveyors, financial professionals, construction professionals and solicitors. Stephen Netherway is ‘outstanding’, and is recommended along with the ‘first-rate’ Belinda Schofield, the ‘excellent’ Liam O’Connell, the ‘top-notch’ Kirsty Hick, the ‘knowledgeable’ Martin Fox, Peter Maguire, and the ‘thoroughly organised’ Timothy Ingham.
Mayer Brown International LLP’s ‘practical and innovative’ 15-partner team provides clients with an ‘excellent level of service’. Clients include ACE, Beazley, AIG/Chartis, QBE, Dual Corporate Risks, Knight Frank, and BNP Paribas Real Estate. The renowned Clare Canning is ‘one of the best’, Sean Connolly is ‘excellent’, and William Glassey ‘continues to excel’ with ‘novel and compelling approaches to complex matters’. Jim Oulton is ‘able to cut across complex legal argument to explain in a succinct and intelligible manner’. Michael Regan, Matthew Lawson, Simon Willis, Lindsay McQuillian and Sally Davies are also recommended. Ian Roberts and Angus Duncan recently made partner.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP’s 19-partner team provides ‘first-class’ service, and its ‘advice and support is consistently high quality’. The group serves the legal, insurance, financial, construction and technology sectors, and ‘the most complex matters are carefully considered and explained without any legalistic jargon.’ Alexandra Anderson has a ‘quick grasp of even the most complex of matters’; Nick Bird is ‘outstanding’; and Katherine Rees is ‘creative, sensible and pragmatic’. Paul Castellani is ‘great with clients’, and department head Tim Bull and construction group head Robert Hogarth are also recommended. The ‘commercial’ Simon Laird recently made partner.
Herbert Smith LLP acts for claimants and defendants in many sectors, including financial services and insurance, legal services, technology, and construction. The renowned David Reston heads the insurance and reinsurance disputes group, and Sonya Leydecker heads the litigation and arbitration department, whose ‘service is consistently excellent’. The 18-partner team also includes the ‘high-quality’ Alexander Oddy, and Paul Lewis, who maintains ‘good client relationships’.
Matt Andrews heads the 28-partner team at Kennedys, which has an ‘excellent reputation for defence work’, and is ‘technically very good’. Its expertise spans the legal, financial, and construction sectors. Sue Plumb and the ‘excellent’ Simon Gibson are recommended.
Harriet Strevens heads Beachcroft’s highly regarded nine-partner team, which represents clients including Aviva, Chubb, Hiscox, Barbican Syndicates, Liberty Mutual, QBE, W R Berkley, and Zurich. Richard Beaty has a ‘wealth of experience’. Karen Cargill, Julian Miller, and Trevor Chamberlain – national head of dispute resolution – are also recommended.
Beale and Company Solicitors LLP is recommended for its niche expertise in representing the construction profession, and is also very active in the legal, financial and insurance sectors. It fields 16 partners across its London, Bristol and Dublin offices, with Ed Anderson and Antony Smith particularly recommended.
The ‘calm and experienced’ Charlotte Capstick has ‘a real ability to get things done’, and heads the 12-partner team at Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP, which houses specialist groups focusing on legal services, financial services, insurance, construction, property, social services and trade unions. The ‘reliable’ team includes Caterina Yandell, who is ‘brilliant at client handling’, and has a ‘highly proactive and effective approach to dispute resolution’. Martin Jensen and Alex Traill were promoted to partner in October 2010.
Bond Pearce LLP’s ‘experienced’ team represents clients such as Mitsui, Chartis, Travelers and Bar Mutual. The ‘brilliant’ Richard Dedman and ‘excellent’ team head Karen Morrish are recommended. Emily Monastiriotis, who is recommended for her experience in high-profile construction claims, recently joined from Mayer Brown International LLP.
Clyde & Co LLP’s ‘first-rate’ team brings and defends claims involving lawyers, accountants, architects, surveyors, company directors, finance and insurance brokers, and healthcare professionals. It is advising London insurers regarding the Madonna concert stadium collapse in Toulouse. Victor Rae-Reeves and Julian Connerty are recommended.
Davies Arnold Cooper LLP’s ‘outstanding’ 23-partner team represents clients including Allianz, Beazley, Swiss Re and Zurich. William Allison, Philip Murrin and Ross Risby are recommended. Edward Coulson joined from Robin Simon LLP in 2010 to lead professional negligence work in Manchester.
Eversheds LLP has an ‘exceptional’ six-partner team for professional negligence work. It is acting for JLT in an insurance coverage dispute over the Camden Market fire in 2008. Other clients include Miller, HCC, Lockton International, and Quinn Insurance. The ‘first-class’ Simon Brooks has deep experience in claims against brokers, and is recommended along with Matthew Allen and Paul Davison.
Fishburns LLP’s 18-partner team provides ‘excellent service’. Its experience spans the construction, engineering, legal and financial sectors, with a recent increase in management and professional liability issues. It defended an engineering firm in a £250m claim arising from the design and construction of Wembley National Stadium, and acted in a £90m claim involving a warehouse fire. Peter Sewell and senior partner Antony Marsh ‘give great advice’ and ‘get deals done’. Chairman Peter Campion is ‘excellent at handling clients’, Andrew Davis is ‘very experienced and reliable’, Harriet Quiney ‘continues to impress’, and Simon Mason is also recommended.
Hogan Lovells International LLP’s ‘high-quality’ team, headed by the ‘absolutely first-rate’ Nicholas Heaton, defended a solicitor and his insurers against serious allegations of breach of trust and fiduciary duty as director of a property investment company and trustee of two related family trusts. The group is also advising a major UK accountancy firm in a negligence action against brokers and insurance consultants following denial of coverage by professional indemnity insurers. The ‘excellent’ Angela Dimsdale Gill and consultant John Trotter are also recommended.
Mills & Reeve LLP’s national practice ‘rates very highly’. It was instructed by Newline, as insurer of an insolvent contractor specialising in the design and construction of hotels, in the defence of a £5.4m claim, and the pursuit of third-party recovery against sub-consultants. XL Insurance instructed the ‘highly recommended’ Virginia Hickley in a £5m claim against a firm of solicitors for breach of undertaking. Neil Davis and Nicolas Oldham are also recommended.
The ‘sensible and knowledgeable’ Fiona Heyes heads the team at Pinsent Masons LLP, which gives ‘excellent advice and guidance on tactics’, and is praised for its ‘great response times’. It advised Barbican Syndicate 1955 in a claim against its insured following implementation of a new IT system. Jim Richards is ‘outstanding’. Richard Slaven recently joined from Halliwells.
Reed Smith’s ‘strong’ team advises on high-value claims across a range of professions, including cases involving accountancy firms, banks, barristers, law firms, construction professionals and insurance brokers. Key clients include AMEC, Atkins, QBE and Willis. Practice head Nick Speed is ‘brilliant’, and Mark Connoley is also recommended.
Robin Simon LLP’s ‘highly rated’ practice advises on high-value, complex matters in the financial, legal, insurance and construction sectors. Head of the London office Mark Aizlewood, Michael Robin, Jacquetta Castle, and managing partner David Simon are recommended.
Simmons & Simmons’ highly regarded group maintains ‘excellent personal relationships’ with clients, and acts for insurers and professional firms, with a focus on legal, accountancy, IT, construction and brokers. It acted for a leading firm of brokers, Lockton, in the defence of a third party claim for negligence brought in the Commercial Court by Barbon Insurance Group. Colin Passmore and Caroline Hunter-Yeats are recommended along with James Pollock, who heads the eight-partner team.
Withers LLP’s ‘very experienced’ team is valued for its ‘excellent response times’. It successfully represented Andrew Prynne QC and Oliver Campbell in a case relating to compensation claims made by injured coal miners. Team head Christopher Coffin is ‘calm and extremely reassuring’, but ‘gets straight to the point’.
Bird & Bird’s four-partner group advises clients such as PayPal, Elisa Oyj, Thames Water Utilities, and Forsta AP-Fonden. Jane Player and Ludovic de Walden head the team.
The four-partner team at Browne Jacobson LLP was instructed by one of the third party intermediaries in the high-profile Innovator group action. Jonathan Corman is ‘pragmatic and proactive, and responds quickly’, and Nottingham-based practice head Derek Bambury is also recommended.
Clifford Chance’s ‘highly rated’ team, headed by the ‘expert’ Philip Hill, focuses on high-value, complex claims, including domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes. Former team head Denis Brock left for Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Hong Kong.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s ten-partner team, led by Andrew Hart, is ‘highly recommended’ for complex, high-value negligence matters. Clients include Deloitte, Travelers, and Brookfield Construction.
Jamie Monck-Mason heads the team at Hill Dickinson LLP, where clients include Aviva, Dental Protection, Aspen, Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund, HCC International Insurance Company, Mitsui and Newline. Angela Horne is recommended. Tim Hague and Dileep Pisharody recently made partner.
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP’s eight-partner team is ‘definitely one to watch’. It is experienced in acting for buyers, sellers and intermediaries, with particular expertise in E&O insurance. David Robinson, Andrew Bandurka and Paul Wordley are recommended.
Ince & Co provides ‘fast responses’, excellent industry experience and knowledge, and advises clients in financial services, ship brokerage, legal services, surveying, and insurance. Team head David Rutherford is ‘a real specialist’, Alan Weir is ‘perceptive, knowledgeable and thoughtful’, and Chris Jefferis is also recommended.
Linklaters LLP specialises in high-end, complex matters, and represents the Big Four accounting firms, as well as banks and corporations. Kathryn Ludlow is recommended.
Susan Dingwall heads Norton Rose LLP’s four-partner team, which is recognised for its ability to advise a global client base on complex matters.
Plexus Law’s 11-partner team is ‘excellent’, ‘knowledgeable’ and ‘commercial’. The ‘first-rate’ Peter Court and the ‘highly respected’ Nigel Plant jointly head the team. Clients include QBE, AmTrust, Chartis UK, ACE and Liberty.
Slaughter and May’s ‘professional’ ten-partner team is led by the highly recommended Richard Clark. Recent work includes advising Mercer (Ireland) regarding proceedings brought by more than 350 plaintiffs in the Irish High Court regarding alleged pension entitlements and information provided on voluntary redundancy. It also advised SEB Trygg Liv in a £40m Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitration regarding the purchase of a life assurance company and mis-selling of pensions.
Roland Foord heads the team at Stephenson Harwood, which provides ‘sound advice in a timely way’, and is ‘acutely aware of clients ’ needs’. It advised Christie’s International in a claim alleging that a painting sold by the auction house was a forgery.
Taylor Wessing LLP’s ‘knowledgeable’ 13-partner practice represents clients including Alliance & Leicester, British Airways, RBS and Hewlett-Packard. Laurence Lieberman and practice head Richard Marsh are recommended.