Laura Payne
Addleshaw GoddardAddleshaw Goddard‘s experienced and highly specialist team is able to advise on all aspects of insurance coverage and related disputes. The team has particular aptitude in international disputes, bolstered by its strong links to its US team. The team is led by Richard Wise, who has experience with Bermuda Form and other cross-border disputes. Victoria Pool acts in disputes primarily involving directors and officers, warranty and indemnity, trade credit, professional indemnity, and all-risks cover. Natasha Winter acts on a full range of complex, high-value disputes, including insurance claims supported by urgent injunctive relief. Laura Payne has extensive experience acting for major national and multinational policyholders in arbitration and court proceedings, particularly in international Bermuda Form arbitration.
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‘The team at Addleshaw Goddard is excellent. They are commercially savvy, completely on top of difficult legal issues, and have sound judgment. They are a real pleasure to work with.’
‘Victoria Pool is extremely smart, attentive to detail, and has a keen eye for her clients' interests.’
‘The insurance team at Addleshaw Goddard represents all that a client could want. They are personable, hard-working, and super bright, but they always have an eye for the appropriate commercial outcome.'
‘Richard Wise is very clever and capable, with excellent client handling skills.'
- 'Laura Payne is remarkably assiduous, on top of the detail and has a great, no-nonsense attitude.'
- ‘Richard Wise is solution-focused and able to derive commercially workable solutions in difficult circumstances.’
Key clients
- Project Angel Bidco Limited
- Albemarle Asset Management Limited
- Dassault Aviation SA
- Tao Group Hospitality
- GSK
Work highlights
- Acting on behalf of Project Angel BidCo in an English Court case concerning a warranty and indemnity insurance claim. The case concerns the construction of an anti-bribery and corruption exclusion in the relevant policy.
- Acting for a US client in a series of liability insurance arbitrations concerning losses in excess of $300m arising from one of its products installed in residential homes.
- Acting on behalf of Tao Group Hospitality, in action for declaratory relief as to whether coverage is available for losses associated with a sex discrimination lawsuit.
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Richard Wise