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Insurance Team of the Year

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RPC - Stuart White

RPC ably demonstrated its commercial nous in providing crucial advice to the industry in the wake of the summer riots, including drafting the government-approved forms to be used for insurance-related riot compensation claims. Its work means that many insurers have instructed RPC to vet all their claims relating to the Riot Damages Act.

 

 

This award will recognise an insurance team that has handled innovative work and stands out for attracting the most impressive instructions of 2011 in this constantly changing market. Judges welcome submissions highlighting one example from a variety of work, including standout transactions, disputes and arbitration, as well as regulatory issues.

 

RPC ably demonstrated its commercial nous in providing crucial advice to the industry in the wake of the summer riots, including drafting the government-approved forms to be used for insurance-related riot compensation claims. Its work means that many insurers have instructed RPC to vet all their claims relating to the Riot Damages Act.

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CLYDE & CO
James Burns; Simon Konsta

James Burns; Simon Konsta Clyde & Co turned the insurance legal market on its head by securing a game-changing merger with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in 2011 to form an insurance powerhouse. The creation of the largest UK insurance fi rm put additional pressure on rivals in what was already a fi ercely contested market.

DAC BEACHCROFT
David Pollitt

Not to be outdone by the Barlows/Clyde & Co tie-up, a clearly beneficial merger between DAC and Beachcroft in 2011 has rewritten the rulebook in a highly competitive market. The £175m union offers each fi rm more bench strength in largely complementary insurance services.

EVERSHEDS
Simon Brooks

Eversheds’ team stood out when advising new client Bank of America in setting up, from scratch, a cross-border intermediation facility for the marketing of corporate credit card risks in 27 European countries. A tight time frame and a host of complex regulatory hurdles meant that the fi rm’s advice had to be both decisive and innovative.

NORTON ROSE
Ashley Prebble

Another remarkable year for Norton Rose saw Prebble lead a team acting for RBS Insurance on its restructuring, resulting in the industry’s largest-ever Part VII transfer of insurance businesses. The client was keen to consolidate four insurance businesses into a single entity through a court-sanctioned transfer in a move that affected 22 million policies.

SLAUGHTER AND MAY
Philippe Chappatte; Craig Cleaver; Glen James

In a year that saw Slaughters advise on a host of corporate deals for major insurers, its critical analysis of the implications of the EU Test Achats case to the Association of British Insurers stood out. The fi rm’s advice meant the industry was forewarned as to the likely outcome of the decision, and able to prepare accordingly.