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Fishburns LLP

60 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, EC3M 4AD, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7280 8888
Fax:
Fax 020 7280 8899
DX:
584 LONDON CITY EC3 4AD
Web:
www.fishburnslaw.com
London, Dublin

What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Insurance

Within Clinical negligence: defendant , tier 5

Fishburns LLP is establishing itself in the market under the leadership of Tracy Sell-Peters. In 2010, senior solicitor and former barrister Joanna Bower joined from Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP. Bower has ‘deep experience’ and ‘good client-handling skills’.

Within Insurance and reinsurance litigation, tier 4

Fishburns LLP has ‘a good depth of skilled lawyers’, who are ‘talented, dedicated and very pleasant to deal with’. The firm has handled multimillion-pound coverage disputes for market-leading insurers, and its client roster includes Mitsui Sumitomo, Canopius, Zurich and Trafigura. Ian Welland is ‘dependable and easy to work with’; John Groome is an ‘excellent negotiator with natural authority’; Peter Sewell has ‘a statesman-like wealth of knowledge and diplomatic approach’; Jonathan Moss shows ‘incisive understanding and attention to detail’; and Robert Lloyd is also recommended.

Within Professional negligence, tier 4

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 Marshgive great advice’ and ‘get deals done’. Chairman Peter Campion is ‘excellent at handling clients’, Andrew Davis is ‘very experienced and reliable’, Harriet Quineycontinues to impress’, and Simon Mason is also recommended.


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