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gunnercooke LLP
1 CORNHILL
LONDON
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England
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David Breslin

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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.

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