Joe O'Keeffe > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England
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Joe O'Keeffe
Work Department
Marine and international trade
Position
His marine insurance practice spans the full range of sub-classes, including hull and machinery and increased value, war, builders’ risks, loss of hire, yachts, MII, aquaculture, cargo and specie, P&I and other marfine liabilities.
He has been instructed on many of the largest and most complex losses and claims that have impacted the marine and energy insurance market over the past 15 years, including the Buncefield Explosion (the largest peacetime explosion in Europe), the Costa Concordia (the largest ever navigational loss to hit the market), the Qingdao metals frauds, the Tianjin explosion and the collapse of Hanjin.
He has particular experience of fraudulent claims, total loss work and war detainment claims arising in challenging jurisdictions. He also has very extensive experience of advising P&I insurers in relation to both coverage matters and claims issues.
He advised underwriters in the seminal Supreme Court fraudulent devices case of Versloot Dredging and acted for the successful underwriters in The Galatea, superyacht avoidance case based on undisclosed over-valuation.
His work in the international trade sector involves advising traders, banks, end-users and their insurers across the full spectrum of losses, claims and disputes that arise under sale contracts, contracts of carriage, COAs and insurance policies.
Legal 500 UK 2021 described Joe and the marine insurance team as ‘a very strong professional group who know their subject matter and the applicable law’.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Rail
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers