Dr Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn > Taylor Wessing > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile
Taylor Wessing Offices

BENRATHER STRAßE 15
40213 DÜSSELDORF
Germany
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Dr Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn
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
Deutschland > Versicherungsrecht > Beratung von Versicherungen
Die von Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn geleitete Versicherungspraxis von Taylor Wessing wird regelmäßig von nationalen und internationalen Versicherungsunternehmen bei vertriebsrelevanten versicherungsaufsichts- und versicherungsvertretungsrechtlichen Fragen mandatiert. Zudem ist man in der Bearbeitung von Großschäden, einschließlich Cyberrisiken und D&O-Schäden, versiert. Kammerer-Galahn, die auch die internationale Financial Services & Insurance Group der Sozietät koordiniert, ist gemäß dem allgemeinen Teamansatz auf das Versicherungsaufsichts-, Versicherungsvertriebs- und Rückversicherungsvertragsrecht spezialisiert.
Deutschland > Versicherungsrecht > Streitbeilegung
Neben der Beratung von (Rück-)Versicherungskonzernen im Versicherungsaufsichts- und Rückversicherungsvertragsrecht vertritt Taylor Wessing auch regelmäßig Versicherer im Rahmen von Großschäden, einschließlich Deckungs- und Regressprozesse. Hierbei legt man einen besonderen Schwerpunkt auf Sach-, Brand- und Bauleistungsschäden, wenngleich man auch in der Betreuung von Schadensfällen im Zusammenhang mit Cyberrisiken und D&O versiert ist. Geleitet wird die Praxis von Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn, die das Versicherungsaufsichts-, Versicherungsvertriebs- und Rückversicherungsvertragsrecht umfassend abdeckt und unter anderem von Claus Peter Knufinke (Industrieversicherungsfälle, insbesondere Großschäden im Sachschadenbereich und in technischen Versicherungssparten) unterstützt wird.
Germany > Insurance > Advice to insurers
Taylor Wessing‘s insurance practice, led by Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn, is regularly instructed by national and international insurance companies on distribution matters in connection with insurance supervisory and insurance broker law. The team is also well versed in advising on major losses, including cyber risks and D&O claims. Kammerer-Galahn, who also leads the firm’s international financial services & insurance group, specialises in insurance supervisory, insurance distribution and reinsurance contract law, which mirrors the team’s core competencies.
Germany > Insurance > Insurance litigation
In addition to advising (re)insurance groups on insurance supervision and reinsurance contract law, Taylor Wessing regularly represents insurers in the context of major losses, including coverage and recourse proceedings. The practice focuses on property, fire and construction losses and is also experienced in handling claims pertaining to cyber risks and D&O. Practice head Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn comprehensively covers insurance supervision, insurance distribution and reinsurance contract law and is supported by Claus Peter Knufinke (industrial insurance matters, in particular major losses in connection with property damage and in technical insurance lines).
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Information technology > Data protection
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Private equity > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Artificial Intelligence
- Media > Entertainment
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors
- Private clients and non-profits
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Public sector > State aid
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance litigation
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Antitrust
- Private equity > Transactions