Senior Partner | Legal Service Providers
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a full service international law firm and the leading global adviser for policyholders.
We are the leading global adviser for policyholders with coverage issues, and represent clients in the largest, most strategically important and complex insurance disputes. We have been consistently recognised as the market leader representing policyholders in significant coverage disputes in the London and international markets for two decades. We have the largest team of lawyers dedicated to assisting policyholders in the UK and 6 of our partners are recognised as ranked individuals, being the leading lawyers in this field:
Band 1: Insurance Litigation: Mainly Policyholders, Chambers UK
Band 1: Insurance Litigation for Policyholders, Legal 500 UK
Band 1: Insurance sector: Policyholder (International & Cross-Border) in the UK, Chambers Global
Insurance Team of the Year, Legal Business Awards: 2019 – 2021
We are free from conflicts to against all the major global insurers including Lloyd’s.
We have market leading expertise and a proven track record in assisting clients on all classes of insurance policy including:
Liability policies of all types – professional indemnity, D&O, public and products liability, employers’ liability, including those written on Bermuda Form
Cyber, whether free-standing or as part of other covers
Warranty and indemnity and contingent risk insurance, including tax specific policies
Energy and marine policies of all types – cargo, CAR, operational package policies, control of well
Property damage/business interruption
Political risk, trade credit, trade disruption, contract frustration
Crime
While assisting with major claims is our core expertise, we also use our expertise to advise clients on non-contentious aspects of insurance, including the review of policy wordings and risk allocation under contracts.
We are proud of our long-standing partnership with Airmic and are delighted to have worked with Airmic on various technical guides and projects for over a decade to assist Airmic members, promote legal certainty and reduce the scope for contested claims.
