CMS

Partner

Gregor Woods is a partner in our Insurance and Reinsurance Group team, based in Sheffield. He has 30 years’ experience advising insurers, large corporates and public bodies in relation to the investigation and defence of personal injury claims.

Gregor joined CMS from Kennedys in 2021, where he was Head of their national Employers’ and Public Liability Group. He handles all types of personal injury claim, including disease, psychiatric injury and claims of utmost severity. For over 15 years Gregor has focused particularly on working closely with large corporate insureds to help them investigate incidents, capture evidence and improve claims defensibility, thereby reducing claims cost. He recognises the value of close collaborative working between insurer, insured and lawyer to improve outcomes.

Gregor regularly delivers training to insurers and insureds on relevant topics, including most recently: the employer’s duty of care during the pandemic, causation in relation to Covid infection, the changing landscape of employer/employee relations and vicarious liability. He collaborates with regulatory, employment and cyber risk specialists to provide wide-ranging advice on risk and crisis management to clients. The legal landscape is evolving rapidly, as are the needs and demands of insurer clients and their insureds. Gregor believes law firms need to respond imaginatively, to develop and deliver innovative solutions to their clients’ legal problems and, by doing so, create and sustain long term client relationships.

1991 – LPC, College of Law, Chester. 1990 – LLB (Hons) University of Lancaster, Lancaster.