Bird & Bird demonstrates broad-ranging expertise, covering complex liability and coverage disputes, mass claims, and high-value technical, cyber, D&O and professional indemnity insurance matters. Practice head Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa handles insurance and liability disputes, particularly those involving technical lines, business interruption, construction all risks, professional indemnity, D&O, and cyber. Laura Grijpma is a key contact regarding the insurance-related elements of commercial disputes.
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Accolades
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Key clients
- Ducor Petrochemicals
- Bazan Oil Group
- Volker Wessels
- Visser & Smit Hanab
- Bouwcombinatie Valley Amsterdam vof
- Boele & Van Eesteren
- GroenLeven
- A. Hak Groep B.V.
- Odido
- Wolters Kluwer North America, Inc
- Open Dutch Fiber
Work highlights
Representing one of the Netherlands' largest international construction consortia in proceedings against multiple panels of PI insurers on the London insurance market, relating to mitigation costs arising from the design and construction of the prestigious and state-of-the-art Education and Culture Centre (‘Amare’) commissioned by the Municipality of The Hague.
Representing a major IT and publishing multinational in a multi-jurisdictional insurance claim related to a Zurich Insurance policy subject to Dutch law and a misrepresentation claim in legal proceedings in Germany.
Representing one of the former Supervisory Board members in one of the most prominent litigations about directors’ and officers’ liability of the past decade, i.e. the Fairstar/Dockwise case.
Practice head
Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa
Other key lawyers
Laura Grijpma