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Matt Andrews - Partner

Experience

  • Successfully defended Stockbrokers and their professional negligence insurers in proceedings arising from a circular in support of an acquisition and rights issue.
  • Successfully defended Solicitors in multi-million pound litigation arising from aborted substantial underlying litigation § Successfully defended a market of Insurers and Reinsurers in a coverage dispute arising from a multi-million pound claim for indemnity by Tioxide Europe Ltd in respect of product liabilities (first instance and Court of Appeal).
  • Acted for Insurers and Reinsurers of a merchant bank involved in a litigation arising from a multi-billion dollar bond offering.§ Acted for Reinsurers in respect of Hurricane Katrina losses.
  • Regularly acts for a top ten firm of Accountants on a variety of matters.
  • Currently acting for Insurers in multi-jurisdictional Trustee liability claims
  • Currently acting for Reinsurers in oil pollution claims arising in Asia.
  • Currently acting for Reinsurers in global catastrophic mining claims.
  • Currently acting for Insurers/Reinsurers in contingent business interruption claims following the Varanus Island gas process facility explosion.
  • Currently acting for Insurers in claims arising from Madoff§ Currently acting for Insurers in Jewellers Block claims.

Significant reported cases

  • The Guild (Claims) Ltd v Eversheds (stockbrokers)
  • Tioxide Europe Ltd v CGU International Insurance PLC (insurance/reinsurance)
  • Holder v Countrywide Surveyors (surveyors)
  • Hubner v Symes Robinson Lee (solicitors)

Clients

  • Insurers/Reinsurers
  • Financial institutions
  • Professions including accountants, architects, engineers, solicitors

Professional

  • 1991 Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia
  • 1999 Qualified in England and Wales

Publications

  • Regularly lectures on insurance and reinsurance

Memberships

  • Forum of Insurance Lawyers
  • London Solicitors Golfing Society

Office

London

Telephone

020 7667 9023

Email

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Practice areas

Insurance/Reinsurance

Financial institutions

Product liability

Professional indemnity

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