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Gary Walkling
Work Department
Energy & International Property and Casualty
Position
Position: Partner specialising in onshore and offshore losses and liabilities of all types arising out of the oil and gas, power generation, construction, mining and heavy industry sectors. Gary regularly advises on coverage, disputes and subrogation, and deals with insurance and commercial related matters from all over the world, and has been involved in claims relating to:
• Control of well
• Onshore and offshore pipelines
• Windfarms
• Deep-water FPSOs and construction projects
• MODUs, MOPUs and other types of rig
• Steel mills
• Mining
• Hydro-electric and power plants and petrochemical facilities.
Gary has experience in domestic and international litigation as well as alternative dispute resolution methods including arbitration, mediation and adjudication.
Career
Energy Claims Broker at Marsh from 2005 – 2008. Joined RPC in 2009, qualifying in 2011. Promoted to Senior Associate in 2015 and to Partner 2020. Secondments to AXIS (2013) and Liberty (2017).
Education
Greensward College (1995 – 2002), University of Warwick (2002 – 2005, LLB (Hons)), BPP Law School (2008 – 2009, Distinction).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
(Next Generation Partners)RPC has a well-earned reputation in financial, liability and professional lines, property, power generation, energy and marine insurance and reinsurance lines. Continuing to bolster its bench strength, the firm recently recruited Mike Newham from Mayer Brown International LLP to bolster its coverage practice and on regulatory investigations against professionals. Global department head Simon Laird and James Wickes represent financial institutions, with Wickes being one of London’s leading specialists on W&I claims. Property specialist Victoria Sherratt and onshore/offshore energy, power and heavy industry insurance risks partners Leigh Williams and Gary Walkling, are also highly recommended. For political risk, Naomi Vary is the lead, and Lucy Dyson is noted for casualty exposures in the US, Caribbean and Latin America.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners - London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance and reinsurance litigation - London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Public sector > Education: schools
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- 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
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- 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, £50m-£500m
- 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
- Private client > Art and cultural property