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Alexander Oddy
UK Guide 2024
Band 1 : Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
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About
Provided by Alexander Oddy
Practice Areas
Insurance Disputes
Commercial litigation
Dispute resolution
Professional negligence
Career
Alex is head of the contentious Insurance and Professional Risks team in London. His practice includes all aspects of insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation and contentious regulatory investigations. He heads the firm's market leading Alternative Dispute Resolution practice. He is a solicitor advocate and a CEDR accredited mediator.
He is particularly known for his work with clients in the energy and natural resources sector where he has represented policyholders on many of the largest losses in the London and international insurance markets, assisting clients to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from insurers through negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration.
Alex established and leads the firm's Decision Analysis service helping our clients take more rigorous decisions on a range of contentious matters.
Work Highlights
AerCap in $3.5 billion Commercial Court proceedings concerning aviation insurance claims for aircraft lost in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine
Nord Stream AG on a €400 million insurance claim pursued in litigation for damage sustained to the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in September 2022
Single Buoy Moorings Inc in Commercial Court proceedings on a US$1.3 billion construction all risks insurance claim concerning the Yme platform in the North Sea
a leading pharmaceutical company on opioid-related D&O insurance recoveries
a global pharmaceutical company in an insurance arbitration in relation to a D&O insurance claim
wind farm operators on property damage and business interruption insurance claims both onshore and offshore
a major power company on property damage and business interruption claims at a biomass-fueled power station
BP in relation to insurance recoveries following the Deepwater Horizon loss
Monoline insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance Company in a US$200 million claim against the German bank IKB arising out of guarantee arrangements in support of a complex structured finance transaction
a FTSE 100 company on recoveries under professional indemnity and D&O policies following regulatory investigations into investment funds in the Channel Islands
BP and over 30 joint venture partners in a US$230 million coverage dispute with underwriters and brokers over an offshore construction all risks open cover facility
Awards
Most Innovative Practitioner in Europe
FT Innovative Lawyers
2022
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Key Sectors
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Insurance
Energy and Utilities
Industrials, Engineering and Manufacturing