Dispute resolution
The disputes team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP is well-versed in professional negligence issues across the legal, insurance and financial sectors. William Glassey spearheads the practice alongside Paul Lewis. Glassey is noted for his expertise in complex and high value transaction-related claims, often defending lawyers, pensions actuaries and property professionals. Experienced mediator Lewis primarily handles disputes involving solicitors, pension advisers, and insurance brokers. Antonia Pegden oversees claims in the legal and pension sectors. Henry Saunders focuses his practice on solicitor and barrister negligence claims, as well as related regulatory investigations. Dan Saunders and Kate Mann are also names to note.
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Profile
Work Department
Disputes
Position
Managing Partner, London
Career
Paul is Joint Managing Partner of the global disputes practice and works with clients on all aspects of insurance and professional negligence disputes.
He assists policyholders, insurers and brokers with claims under liability policies including professional indemnity, public liability, directors and officers, Bermuda form and crime. Paul also assists clients with political and credit risk policies. Paul recently led the firm's team representing the FCA in the business interruption test case that went to the Supreme Court in late 2020.
Paul has extensive experience of professional negligence claims. He has defended a range of professionals including insurance brokers, pensions intermediaries, solicitors, accountants and valuers.
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- ‘This is a team of the very highest quality, comprising excellent lawyers who deliver a great service. They always make themselves available when needed, and they are very experienced litigators.’
‘William Glassey is a superstar - you can have every confidence that your case is being dealt with by the best in the business. He's very client friendly, a highly astute technical lawyer, and an extremely experienced litigator.'
- 'Kate Mann is brilliant, she is hardworking and extremely easy to work with.’
- 'Extremely proactive in their engagement with the client. Will provide appropriate risk based and easy to digest advice for in-house legal and the business.'
- 'Herbert Smith Freehills offers services that are presented in a unique and digestible method.'
Key clients
- Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund
- UBS
- Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society (ALAS)
Work highlights
Advising King's Counsel and Junior Counsel in the successful defence at trial of professional negligence and conspiracy allegations brought by their former client concerning their conduct of a Commercial Court trial.