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TOWER BRIDGE HOUSE
ST KATHARINE'S WAY
LONDON
E1W 1AA
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Ben Gold
Work Department
Professional and Financial Risks (Insurance Group)
Position
Partner specialising in directors’ and officers’ liability and financial institutions and professional indemnity claims, including crime policies. In addition, Ben has experience of construction claims (in particular coverage disputes) and binding authority disputes. He also drafts and advises insurers and brokers on policy wordings.
Ben is as an excellent technical lawyer, who prides himself on providing clear, commercial and strategic advice. He is instructed by insurers and insureds to defend liability claims – recent instructions include defending a director against civil claims brought by a liquidator, advising directors on responding to an Insolvency Service investigation and drafting submissions to the Insolvency Service for a director to deter the commencement of disqualification proceedings. He also advises insurers on complex coverage disputes – recent instructions include the successful defence of D&O insurers in an arbitration brought against them by the liquidator of a collapsed Bank and the defence of a PI insurer in an (ongoing) arbitration brought against it pursuant to the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010.
Many of Ben’s cases are international and he has considerable experience of Eastern European jurisdictions.
Career
Called to the Bar of England Wales in 2005; joined RPC in 2008. Whilst at RPC, has undertaken secondments with financial lines claims teams at Travelers Insurance, Arch Insurance and Generali.
Memberships
Middle Temple; BILA.
Education
City of London School for Boys; University of Leeds (first class); BPP Law School (CPE & BVC).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans