Simon Brooks > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England
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Simon Brooks
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Simon is Co-Head of Global Insurance and specialises in high value insurance and reinsurance disputes and complex professional indemnity claims. His cases have included major insurance market disputes such as the long running and high profile film finance and leading cases involving claims against insurance brokers.
Simon has a great deal of experience of advising on property damage, product liability and D&O coverage issues, and disputes involving captives and PCCs. He has also acted in high value and complex energy related claims in the UK and abroad.
He is recommended in directories for insurance/reinsurance litigation and professional negligence.
Position
Partner
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
Drawing on its strong international presence, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP is involved in complex, high-value disputes across various lines of insurance and reinsurance. Practice head Simon Brooks specialises in coverage disputes, negligence claims against insurance brokers and other professionals, property damage and business interruption disputes, product liability claims and D&O issues. Principle associate Naz Gauri continues to handle a number of property, specialty risks and Covid-19 mandates, including business interruption, contingency and other losses. Mark Everiss – who joined from Cooley (UK) LLP in September 2022 – is an authority in the London market with a specialism in reinsurance and coverage.
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP has a ‘well experienced, technically brilliant’ professional negligence team which specialises in defending high value claims and regulatory investigations against accountants, insurance brokers, and pension advisors. The firm regularly draws on its significant international resources, and is frequently instructed by leading professional services firms and their insurers. Team lead Simon Brooks specialises in complex, high value professional indemnity claims. Matthew Allen has expertise in accountancy cases, and acts for key clients such as KPMG.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital