HFW‘s team is composed of insurance, reinsurance, and litigation specialists, and is regularly instructed by the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance brokers. The firm offers expertise in both coverage and defence work. Christopher Foster, who leads the team, and is head of insurance, has a well-established profile in broker E&O claims and professional indemnity matters. Christopher Cardona, who is bilingual in English and Spanish, has a reputation for handling high-value litigation and arbitration in Latin America. Rupert Warren has a particular expertise in professional indemnity insurance, and combines ’very good legal and technical insurance skills’ with ‘the empathy that is often required to understand what has gone wrong and why.’ Jonathan Bruce is a leading name for energy and marine insurance matters.
Testimonials
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- ‘HFW's insurance professional negligence team is one part of their highly respected insurance and reinsurance practice. It is an excellent team, and includes individuals such as Chris Foster and Rupert Warren, who are, in my view, among the best in this field in London.’
- ‘I have worked with Rupert Warren for many years on numerous insurance-related professional negligence matters. He is superb in this area - has a really strong understanding of how such problems arise, and how to resolve them. Highly recommended in this field.’
- ‘Excellent, highly capable team.’
- ‘Rupert Warren - a very clever lawyer.’
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christopher Foster