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Dr Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn

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Work Department

Insurance law; Corporate law/ M&A

Position

Partner 

Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn is a specialist lawyer for insurance law. She heads up the German Insurance Practice Group and coordinates the international Financial Services & Institutions Group at Taylor Wessing. She advises insurance and reinsurance companies on complex international transactions, contract drafting and regulatory issues – her versatile advisory practice illustrates her expertise in insurance law. With her long-standing experience, Gunbritt advises corporations on their transformation to digital and global players and negotiates with the responsible German insurance supervisory authority BaFin. She represents insurers and reinsurers in arbitration proceedings as well as in D&O and reinsurance disputes.

Gunbritt is also a speaker at the insurance law institutes of the Universities of Düsseldorf and Münster.

Career

  • Since 2008 Partner, Taylor Wessing
  • 2008 Counsel, Linklaters LLP, Düsseldorf
  • 2005 – 2007 Associate, Linklaters LLP, Cologne
  • 2001 – 2005 Associate, Linklaters Oppenhoff & Rädler Köln
  • 1997 – 2001 In–house lawyer, Ruhrgas AG Essen

Languages

German, English, French

Memberships

  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versicherungsrecht des Deutschen Anwaltvereins
  • Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft e.V.

Education

  • 1997 Admitted as a lawyer, Cologne
  • 1997 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
  • 1995 Doctoral degree under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Klaus Stern
  • 1993 First state examination, Cologne
  • 1987 Degree studies in law, Universities of Cologne and Geneva, Switzerland

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Insurance > Advice to insurers

Taylor Wessing focuses on insurance supervision and insurance broker law. The German team is led by Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn, who also coordinates the firm’s international financial services & insurance practice and is known for her expertise in ESG matters, insurance M&A, run-offs, reinsurance contracts as well as D&O, liability, accident and residual debt (life) insurance. Claus Peter Knufinke specialises in industrial insurance claims in connection with the settlement of property damages and Oliver Klöck is well versed in statutory health insurance law, while Karolina Lange-Kulmann focuses on regulatory matters. Franz Janssen (property and default damages as well as aviation liability) retired in September 2022.

Germany > Insurance > Insurance litigation

Taylor Wessing specialises in insurance supervision and broger law relevant to sales, as well as reinsurance contract law. Practice head Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn, who also coordinates the international financial services & insurance group, is particularly well versed in this area. Kammerer-Galahn and the team also focus on advising on cyber risks and D&O damage as well as on the niche area of ​​valuables transport insurance. Claus Peter Knufinke specialises in industrial insurance cases, particularly coverage and recourse procedures. The focus here is on property, fire and construction damage as well as technical insurance. Franz Janssen (including property and default damage as well as aviation liability) retired in September 2022.

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