WHAT WE DO / INSURANCE & REINSURANCE / FINANCIAL LINES/MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
Our Financial Lines practice covers Directors & Officers liability, financial institutions, management and employment practice liability, in the direct and reinsurance spheres. Our clients are UK and international (re)insurers, Lloyd’s syndicates and intermediaries. We advise on policy coverage, policy drafting, risk assessment and dispute resolution and monitor underlying claims.
Directors & Officers
We have acted in many high profile D&O multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigations and disputes involving company boards and individual directors and officers over the years, including the Equitable Life scandal, and have the specialist knowledge required to deal with the complex issues that can arise.
Financial institutions
We offer a full service to financial institutions and their insurers, including advices on investor suits, insider trading, tax assessments by HM Revenue & Customs, claims arising under Bankers Blanket Bond and fidelity policies, disciplinary actions, regulatory investigations and breaches of fiduciary duty.
Management liability
We provide advice to insurers and their assureds in relation to management and employment practice liability, including disputes regarding terms and conditions of employment, directors’ service contracts, deeds of confidentiality and restrictive covenants, redundancy programmes, discrimination, immigration, breach of regulations and general employer and employee rights and duties.
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