William Gibson

Will advises clients on a breadth of insurance and reinsurance disputes. In particular Will assists policyholders across a range of sectors and types of insurance as well as defending professional negligence claims against insurance brokers. In addition, Will advises clients in relation M&A disputes in particular warranty & indemnity (W&I) and other transactional risk insurance claims.

Will has completed secondments to Marsh & McLennan Companies where he worked with the in-house litigation team as well as to our Singapore office.

Will's experience includes advising:

• the Financial Conduct Authority in its ground-breaking business interruption insurance test case for losses arising out of COVID-19, both in the Commercial Court and Supreme Court
• a private equity house in relation to claims for breach of warranty against W&I insurers as well as associated escrow disputes with warrantors in the Commercial Court
• a reinsurer in Commercial Court proceedings against retrocessionaires in relation to a marine constructive total loss
• a global mining company in respect of its liability, property and D&O insurance claims arising out of a catastrophic loss
• a major insurance broker in relation to a professional negligence claim arising out of subsea cable failures on an offshore windfarm