Burges Salmon LLP
The ‘excellent’ team at Burges Salmon LLP combines experience in a range of coverage disputes with firmwide strength in the construction, transport, energy and financial services sectors. Matthew Walker leads the team from Bristol ‘with his great experience and commercial sensibility’, and is particularly experienced regarding construction insurance claims. The team has notable experience in the financial services industry, working with the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
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Testimonials
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‘The insurance litigation team at Burger Salmon are formidable - bright, hard-working, and capable of managing long and complex matters without a hitch.’
‘Matthew Walker leads the team with his great experience and commercial sensibility.'
- 'Senior Associate Christopher Wenn is a very clever, very capable litigator, always thinking about the next strategic step.’
‘Specialist in construction insurance with a good knowledge of the area.’
'The team at Burges Salmon are really excellent - very bright, extremely personable, down ot earth and approachable, and excellent lawyers.'
'Matthew Walker is extremely bright, a quite outstanding lawyer, a brilliant strategist with great commercial acumen - and a great pleasure to work with.'
Key clients
- Costain Group plc
- Jaguar Energy Guatemala LLC
- Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited
- FirstGroup plc
- Andrew Brownsword Hotels Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Financial Services Compensation Scheme on a portfolio of claims against defaulted SIPP Operators and their PI Insurers via the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Walker