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David Kendall

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Work Department

Commercial Litigation
Insurance & Reinsurance
International Commercial Arbitration

Position

David Kendall is a partner in Cooley’s London office and focuses on all aspects of insurance and reinsurance, including coverage, delegated authorities, run-off and insolvency. His cases include insurance coverage disputes (including third-party liability, marine, financial institutions, political risk, D&0 and property insurance), reinsurance disputes, insurance/reinsurance run-off and insolvency, arbitration and commercial court litigation. He has extensive experience of Bermuda form arbitrations in London.

David has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, where he is also a Visiting Professor. David was the Chairman from 2012 to 2014 of the British Insurance Law Association and co-author of A Practical Guide to the Insurance Act 2015.

Memberships

• Advisory Council of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies – Queen Mary University of London
• British Insurance Law Association (Chairman 2012 to 2014)
• Commercial Court Users’ Committee
• Insurance Scoping Forum, Financial Markets Law Committee
• Development Board, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
• AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society
• The Chartered Insurance Institute
• Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association
• Lloyd’s Market Association
• The London Court of International Arbitration
• London Maritime Arbitrators Association

Education

• Guildhall University
  MA, 1981
• College of Law
  LSF (Hons), 1977
• University of Birmingham
  LLB, 1976