David Breslin > gunnercooke LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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1 CORNHILL
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EC3V 3ND
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David Breslin
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
David specialises in commercial dispute resolution and international arbitration. He acts for clients across a number of business sectors including insurers and reinsurers, brokers, financial services policy holders, marine and energy interests, international trade and commodities, international infrastructure and defence companies and sovereign state bodies in international arbitration
claims.
He has conducted numerous arbitrations both ad hoc and under common institutional rules (including UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA and ARIAS). He has represented sovereign state bodies in investor-state arbitration under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties (including under the Energy Charter Treaty). He is a recognised specialist in insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution (including Bermuda Form arbitration) with particular expertise in financial risks insurance, including professional liability, D&O and conventional fraud insurance products, cyberrisks, trust company, fiduciary duties and trustees’ liability, trade credit insurance and marine and non-marine reinsurance coverage disputes.
Previous Law Firms
- Fladgate LLP, Partner
- Gowling WLG UK, Partner
- Lawrence Graham LLP, Partner
- Baker McKenzie, Solicitor
- Norton Rose, Solicitor
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
David Breslin is the main point of contact at gunnercooke LLP and is renowned for his involvement in the London and Bermudian reinsurance markets, in addition to his work in marine, energy, property and casualty business. He has particular expertise in financial risks insurance, including professional liability, D&O and conventional fraud insurance products, among others.
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
gunnercooke LLP‘s disputes group is highly experienced in ad hoc international arbitrations, as well as matters under the rules of the major international arbitral bodies. David Breslin specialises in international arbitrations in the insurance, financial services, energy and international trade sectors, while Philip Rubens‘ recent workload includes Anglo-Indian disputes. In summer 2023, the group expanded at partner level through the recruitment of investment treaty dispute experts Chloe Carswell and Uliana Cooke from Reed Smith LLP and PCB Byrne, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insurance and reinsurance litigation London > Insurance
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Trade finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Transport > Rail