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Experience:
Peter is a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance group in the UK. He is widely acknowledged across the industry for his depth of understanding of the Insurance and Reinsurance industry and his approach to providing practical solutions. His experience has been particularly focused in liability insurance and non-marine reinsurance. Peter is identified as an expert in the field of Insurance and Reinsurance law in the UK Legal 500, Chambers Legal UK and Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers. Peter is a member of the IBA, BILA and the CII, and he is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator. He speaks regularly at conferences and seminars on risk related issues in London and around the world. Recent transactional highlights include:
Advising QBE International Insurance in connection with the investigation, analysis and trial of complex legal and technical issues arising out of the attack on World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 and specifically, the New York litigation brought by Silverstein Properties.
Advising ten Axa Re Group companies, four CNA Group companies and two Royal & Sun Alliance companies in separate arbitration proceedings in connection with their disputes concerning reinsurances of the KWELM companies.
Advising a well-known international insurance group in the recent Commercial Court litigation involving fraud allegations by Cable & Wireless and its insurance captive, Pender Insurance and multiple defendants.
Advising a leading London market reinsurer in an international arbitration relating to the cession of a severely loss-making portfolio of residual value auto insurance in North America.
Advising leading insurers and reinsurers in connection with UK regulatory issues and the current EU sectoral inquiry into commercial insurance and reinsurance.
Advising the London office of a German insurance group in connection with their arbitration with Lloyd’s Syndicates concerning the proper application and allocation of professional indemnity claims to an excess of loss contract.
Advising various risk carriers in connection with the drafting, review and negotiation of various types of insurance and reinsurance contract wordings.
Advising various reinsurers in connection with the implementation of rights of inspection of records and dispute resolution of litigation through portfolio commutation.
Education:
University of Leeds, LLB (Hons). | 