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Addleshaw Goddard
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England
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Work Department

Litigation - Insurance and International Commercial Arbitration

Position

Partner and Head of Insurance Disputes.

The insurance practice focuses on the representation of major national and multinational policyholders within the financial and professional services, retail and consumer, real estate, construction and pharmaceutical/health sectors. Contentious and non-contentious insurance coverage expertise include: product liability, US mass tort issues, professional indemnity, D&O, employers’ liability, fidelity/fraud/corporate crime, right to light and construction all risks. Specialist Bermuda Form insurance disputes practitioner, with experience of acting in complex, international, multi-party disputes.

International arbitration experience includes advising clients in relation to ad hoc proceedings, as well as those brought before the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, LMAA and ICSID. Richard also spent two years working in our Singapore office, advising clients throughout South-East Asia and in India. He is an active member of the firm’s Asia and India Business Groups, having been seconded to two leading Indian arbitration practices in Mumbai and New Delhi in recent years.

Experience of alternative funding methods, including CFAs, DBAs, third party funding and ATE insurance.

Career

Year qualified: 2007
Partner at Addleshaw Goddard since: 2016

Memberships

  • Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (AIRMIC)
  • British Insurance Law Association (BILA)
  • ICCA
  • YIAG (LCIA)
  • YAF (ICC)
  • Young SIAC

Education

  • University of Leeds, Politics
  • BPP Law School, London

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders

(Leading individuals)

Richard WiseAddleshaw Goddard

Richard Wise leads the insurance disputes team at Addleshaw Goddard, recommended for his ‘superb grasp of technical issues, coupled with a plain-speaking style’. The team is particularly experienced in international insurance disputes, Wise and associate Laura Payne specialise in the Bermuda Form, with warranty and indemnity coverage an additional area of expertise; ‘first classNatasha Winter has notable experience regarding claims supported by urgent injunctive relief.