David Breslin

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David specialises in commercial dispute resolution and international arbitration. He has been recognised for many years in the UK legal Directories. David acts for clients across a number of business sectors including insurers and reinsurers, brokers, financial services policy holders, marine and energy interests, international trade and commodities companies, international infrastructure and defence companies, and sovereign state bodies in international arbitration claims.

He is a recognised specialist in insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution (including Bermuda Form arbitration) with particular expertise in financial risks insurance, including professional liability, D&O and conventional fraud insurance products, cyber-risks, trust company and trustees’ liability, trade credit insurance, and property, casualty, marine and non-marine reinsurance coverage disputes. He has conducted arbitrations both ad hoc and under common institutional rules (including UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, GAFTA, LMAA and ARIAS). He has represented sovereign state bodies in investor-state arbitration under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties (including under the Energy Charter Treaty).

David is a ranked individual expert for insurance and reinsurance in Chambers UK and the Legal 500, where he is also recognised for his work in International Arbitration. He has been named as a Best Lawyer UK in insurance since 2009 and has been listed in Euromoney’s Expert Guides on the World’s Leading Insurance Lawyers.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • Fladgate LLP
  • Gowling WLG UK
  • Lawrence Graham LLP
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Norton Rose Fulbright

Memberships

  • Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
  • Member ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
  • The Law Society of England & Wales

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David specialises in commercial dispute resolution and international arbitration. He has been recognised for many years in the UK legal Directories. David acts for clients across a number of business sectors including insurers and reinsurers, brokers, financial services policy holders, marine and energy interests, international trade and commodities companies, international infrastructure and defence companies, and sovereign state bodies in international arbitration claims.

He is a recognised specialist in insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution (including Bermuda Form arbitration) with particular expertise in financial risks insurance, including professional liability, D&O and conventional fraud insurance products, cyber-risks, trust company and trustees’ liability, trade credit insurance, and property, casualty, marine and non-marine reinsurance coverage disputes. He has conducted arbitrations both ad hoc and under common institutional rules (including UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, GAFTA, LMAA and ARIAS). He has represented sovereign state bodies in investor-state arbitration under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties (including under the Energy Charter Treaty).

David is a ranked individual expert for insurance and reinsurance in Chambers UK and the Legal 500, where he is also recognised for his work in International Arbitration. He has been named as a Best Lawyer UK in insurance since 2009 and has been listed in Euromoney’s Expert Guides on the World’s Leading Insurance Lawyers.

Career History

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Previous Law Firms

  • Fladgate LLP
  • Gowling WLG UK
  • Lawrence Graham LLP
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Norton Rose Fulbright

Memberships

  • Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
  • Member ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
  • The Law Society of England & Wales
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