About the Authors

David Kendall
+44 (0) 20 7556 4529
dkendall@cooley.com
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David focuses on all aspects of insurance and reinsurance, including coverage run-off and insolvency. His cases include insurance coverage disputes, reinsurance disputes, insurance/reinsurance run-off and insolvency, arbitration and commercial court litigation.

Mark Everiss
+44 (0) 20 7556 4523
meveriss@cooley.com
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Mark focuses on insurance and reinsurance litigation and has handled a number of significant disputes both in the High Court and in arbitration. The majority of his clients are in run-off, although Mark often represents clients in the live market.

Richard Hopley
+44 (0) 20 7556 4532
rhopley@cooley.com
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Richard handles complex insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes in litigation or arbitration. He also advises on the restructuring of insurance and reinsurance portfolios.

Sam Tacey
+44 (0) 20 7556 4528
sbtacey@cooley.com
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Sam has experience on disputes in both the high court and in arbitration. He has also had involvement with contentious and non-contentious insurance insolvency work.

Heidi Lawson
+1 617 937 2447
hlawson@cooley.com
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Heidi leads global insurers, capital providers, insurtech innovators, brokers, businesses and major sports franchises through insurance product innovation, coverage dispute resolution, strategic policy creation and investigation management.

Benjamin Sharrock
+44 (0) 20 7556 4220
bsharrock@cooley.com
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Benjamin advises on a broad range of complex contractual disputes, regulatory investigations and white collar crime matters, across a variety of industry sectors and jurisdictions. Benjamin also advises on pro bono matters.

Alexander Traum
+1 212 479 6770
atraum@cooley.com
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Alexander represents insurance and reinsurance companies, insurtechs, insurance-related service companies and other financial services entities in a variety of insurance regulatory and transactional matters.