Both policyholders and insurers call upon Noerr's insurance law expertise and litigation experience. Among the core competencies are major loss monitoring, D&O, product liability as well as financial loss and liability insurance; including cross-border issues, where Oliver Sieg is a key contact. He jointly heads the practice with Helmut Katschthaler, who is an expert in product liability and recall cost insurance and regularly acts in reinsurance arbitration proceedings. This is complemented by expertise in W&I, cyber insurance and political risk insurance, which is a recent growth topic.
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- 'Deep knowledge and experience in insurance and reinsurance.'
- 'The team harmonizes perfectly with the firm's strong liability, product law and regulatory practice. This means that a powerful team with both out-of-court and in-court experience is available for insurance cases of all types.'
- 'Best networking in the German insurance scene. Highest professional competence. Strategic skills and forward-looking design of the mandate. High reputation also among the representatives of the opposing side.'
- 'Friendly but always binding and absolutely goal-oriented, even in difficult negotiations or project phases.'
- 'Noerr's insurance team is certainly one of the leading ones when it comes to advising policyholders. Particular strengths lie in the areas of product liability and recall cost insurance (Munich - Helmut Katschthaler) and financial lines (Düsseldorf - Oliver Sieg).'
- 'Dan Schilbach impresses with his above-average ability to quickly understand the specific case and process complex issues. He is available at any time and has relieved us of a lot of work in our legal support in a cyber insurance lawsuit.'
- 'With Helmut Katschthaler, we have already processed and successfully settled a large number of insurance cases, particularly in domestic and foreign recall situations. He is an absolute expert in this area, always up-to-date, well connected and, particularly important for our purposes, confident and experienced in handling international insurance programs.'
- 'Helmut Katschthaler provides very comprehensive and far-sighted advice, weighing up all alternatives. High social and professional competence. Oliver Sieg: Great strategist, undisputed in professional expertise and negotiating skills. Philipp Koch: Excellent project manager, learns from the best.'
Key clients
- Fidelis Insurance
Work highlights
- Advising the excess insurer in connection with claims arising from a W&I insurance policy due to alleged insolvency of a subsidiary of the target company at the time of the conclusion of the SPA and the closing.
- Advice on coverage law for an international transport and logistics service provider on the enforcement of insurance claims from cyber insurance.
- Advising an Irish and French reinsurer in an ad hoc arbitration relating to Covid-19 exposure claims of a large international primary insurance group headquartered in Germany; large-volume reinsurance program and fundamental questions regarding the aggregation of individual Covid-19 losses.
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Practice head
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Oliver Sieg