David Kendall > Cooley (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Cooley (UK) LLP Offices
22 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
England
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David Kendall

Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Insurance & Reinsurance
International Commercial Arbitration
Position
David Kendall is a partner in Cooley’s London office and focuses on all aspects of insurance and reinsurance, including coverage, delegated authorities, run-off and insolvency. His cases include insurance coverage disputes (including third-party liability, marine, financial institutions, political risk, D&0 and property insurance), reinsurance disputes, insurance/reinsurance run-off and insolvency, arbitration and commercial court litigation. He has extensive experience of Bermuda form arbitrations in London.
David has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, where he is also a Visiting Professor. David was the Chairman from 2012 to 2014 of the British Insurance Law Association and co-author of A Practical Guide to the Insurance Act 2015.
Memberships
- Advisory Council of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies – Queen Mary University of London
- British Insurance Law Association (Chairman 2012 to 2014)
- Commercial Court Users’ Committee
- Insurance Scoping Forum, Financial Markets Law Committee
- Development Board, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
- AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society
- The Chartered Insurance Institute
- Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association
- Lloyd’s Market Association
- The London Court of International Arbitration
- London Maritime Arbitrators Association
Education
- Guildhall University
MA, 1981 - College of Law
LSF (Hons), 1977 - University of Birmingham
LLB, 1976
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
Cooley (UK) LLP provides regulatory advice to insurers, brokers, policyholders, and trade bodies, on issues relating to restructuring, business conduct and insurance contract wordings. Senior counsel Richard Hopley is instructed on matters relating to the restructuring of insurance and reinsurance portfolios, while fellow senior counsel David Kendall handles the full gamut of insurance work, including coverage, delegated authorities, run-off and insolvency issues.
London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
Cooley (UK) LLP‘s vast experience covers third-party liability insurance, professional indemnity, product liability, financial institutions and Bermuda Form, through to cyber risk, business interruption, marine, energy and property. Senior counsel David Kendall has extensive experience of Bermuda form arbitrations in London. For coverage disputes involving product liability or innovative insurance products, fellow senior counsel Richard Hopley is the go-to figure.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insurance and reinsurance litigation - London > Insurance
- Insurance: corporate and regulatory - London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: lower mid-market deals, £50m-£500m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition