Damian Taylor > Slaughter and May > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Slaughter and May‘s disputes and investigations team includes Efstathios Michael, a go-to adviser for London market and international insurance and reinsurance matters, with extensive experience acting for policyholders, insurers, reinsurers and brokers. His expertise spans policy coverage and interpretation, aggregation, non-disclosure and misrepresentation, brokers’ liability and business interruption issues; the latter is an area in which Damian Taylor further excels.

Experts on the interplay between civil and criminal fraud, Slaughter and May works in close tandem with its global investigations group to represent major corporates, financial institutions and governments. Leading the practice is Richard Swallow who is joined by Jonathan Cotton, a specialist in disputes involving wrongdoing who regularly advises on extractive frauds, information theft and accounting frauds misrepresentations. Efstathios Michael leverages his knowledge and expertise in commercial litigation and insurance to advise high-profile clients, while Damian Taylor is another practitioner of note, advising leading banks in international arbitration matters. In addition, Peter Wickham provides considerable knowledge in the area of energy and natural resources disputes, and Megan Sandler specialises in commercial dispute resolution.

Slaughter and May has ‘one of the most experienced and intelligent arbitration teams in London‘. The practice has extensive experience in large-scale arbitrations under all the major institutional rules. It also acts in arbitration-related court proceedings in the English and overseas courts. James Stacey focuses on international commercial arbitrations; Damian Taylor ‘fights an incredible fight‘; Efstathios Michael acts in energy sector disputes; and Jonathan Clark routinely acts in substantial arbitrations. The next line of key practitioners features Peter Wickham, who is ‘making a huge name for himself‘; and recently-promoted commercial dispute resolution partner Megan Sandler.