Our commercial insurance advisory practice is a market leader in advising corporate clients on the structuring and effective documentation of insurance programmes and coverages from a legal standpoint. Our input is aimed at increasing the level of comfort as to the legal effectiveness of policies, their scope and suitability, and the predictability of their performance. As part of that service, we also advise companies on the effectiveness of their captive usage and on other risk management and transfer options.

Our work also involves analysis of the insurance implications of M&A and other such transactions: these may affect pricing and will often affect deal structures.

We are well known as the place to go for legal advice on director liability risks, and on the protection of directors and others through insurance, indemnity and other arrangements, and the defence of claims against directors.

We also offer dedicated expertise to banks on the operationally effective use of insurance to mitigate their risk exposures as lenders and regulated entites, and to assist them in the management of their credit and political risk exposures and credit enhancement purposes.

We assist and advise our insurance market clients on the structuring and drafting of their reinsurance policies and programmes.