Stephen Surgeoner > Dechert LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Dechert LLP
25 Cannon Street
LONDON
EC4M 5UB
England

Work Department

Complex Commercial Litigation; Litigation and Arbitration; Banking and Financial Institutions; Finance; International Arbitration

Position

Partner

Career

Stephen Surgeoner has more than two decades of experience advising clients on all forms of commercial dispute resolution, with a focus on the banking, funds, insurance, energy and telecommunications industries.

Mr. Surgeoner has considerable experience in assisting clients with high-value, cross-jurisdictional complex commercial litigation both in London and globally.

Mr Surgeoner also focuses on alternative methods of dispute resolution including domestic and international arbitration and mediation.

In addition to dispute resolution, Mr. Surgeoner advises financial institutions and corporate enterprises on risk mitigation including the use of insurance products such as political risk, credit, directors and officers and warranty and indemnity insurance.

He also represents policyholders in maximising recoveries under their insurance assets.

Mr Surgeoner also regularly advises clients on contract drafting and the structuring of insurance and reinsurance to hedge risk.

Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Surgeoner served as a litigation and dispute resolution partner at Clifford Chance.

Languages

English

Memberships

Law Society, England and Wales; Law Society, Ireland

Education

University of Cambridge, B.A., 1991

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation

(Hall of Fame)

Stephen SurgeonerDechert LLP

Solicitor advocate Dorothy Cory-Wright heads up Dechert LLP‘s commercial disputes practice, which is home to insurance litigation experts that represent insureds, captives, insurers and reinsurers on a range of cross-border disputes, including Lloyd’s-related matters and Bermuda Form arbitration. The team handles coverage issues, brokers’ negligence matters, and disputes over complex hybrid reinsurance products. Stephen Surgeoner has over two decades of experience as a commercial litigator within the insurance sector.

London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium

The ‘well coordinated and extremely efficient’ team at Dechert LLP is particularly skilled at handling litigation that spans multiple jurisdictions, regularly acting for multinational corporates, sovereign states, hedge funds, and other financial institutions. Solicitor-advocate Dorothy Cory-Wright leads the team, acting on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and contentious regulatory issues. ‘Litigation heavyweightStephen Surgeoner  is key to the team, with a particular focus on financial services, insurance, energy, and telecommunications-related litigation. ‘Very diligentDaniel Natoff is highly recommended by clients, with a financial services sector focus.

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

Dechert LLP boasts an ‘excellent litigation practice’, acting on market-leading multi-jurisdictional banking disputes. Dorothy Cory-Wright leads a team that ‘retains a number of absolutely first-rate disputes lawyers‘, including Adam Silver and ‘stand-out litigatorStephen Surgeoner. At associate level, Ricci Potts and Lisa Borthwick are both ‘responsive and hard-working‘.