Jonathan Sacher
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Work Department
Reinsurance/insurance.
Position
Senior reinsurance and insurance partner, and head of litigation department, specialising in insurance and reinsurance litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution; involved in a number of significant high-profile cases including Goshawk v Tyser. Expertise covers insurance and reinsurance disputes, including World Trade Center losses, hurricanes, personal accident, life, financial institutions, war risks and most classes of business. Acts for London market and international companies and brokers.
Career
Articled Paisner & Co (now Berwin Leighton Paisner); solicitor Supreme Court of England and Wales 1981 (Advocate Supreme Court of South Africa 1978); partner Paisner & Co 1985; past chairman of British Insurance Law Association; contributor to ‘Insurance Day’, ‘Reinsurance’, ‘Review’ and ‘Reactions’ magazines on reinsurance issues; speaker at various international reinsurance conferences and forums.
Member
British Insurance Law Association; ARIAS (UK); ARIAS (US); International Association of Insurance Receivers; International Bar Association; British South African Law Association; Freeman of Worshipful Company of World Traders; Associate Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; member London Court of International Arbitration.
Education
University of Cape Town (1975 BA; 1978 LLB).
Leisure
Theatre, health and fitness.
Practice Areas
Arbitration, ADR, mediation; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance
