Philip Hill
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
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About
Provided by Philip Hill
Practice Areas
Philip Hill has over 20 years' experience dealing with a wide range of commercial, corporate, financial services and banking disputes and regulatory issues. He has extensive experience handling complex, multiparty and frequently cross-border disputes in the courts and in arbitration.
Particular areas of expertise include professional negligence and fraud, advising claimants and defendants on complex professional negligence disputes; IT disputes and issues relating to online gaming; and Insurance. Philip regularly acts for policyholders on significant coverage disputes, including in the financial services, oil and gas, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Philip also advises on non-contentious aspects of risk management. This includes advising professional services firms as well as drafting and reviewing insurance programmes and wordings, including advising on regulatory issues (Basel II/III compliance).
Philip co-heads Clifford Chance's contentious insurance group, which is rated Tier 1 for policyholder claims by the Legal 500.
Career
St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA, Jurisprudence) 1987
Joined Clifford Chance 1989
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1991
Partner since 1999
Chambers Review
UK
Philip Hill is a popular choice for corporate policyholders seeking counsel in relation to coverage disputes arising from D&O, credit insurance and political risk claims. He also advises clients on policy wording and risk management.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Philip is a leading light in insurance, he is a deep thinker and is highly approachable."
"Philip is a super tactician, who always thinks about how to achieve the best for his clients."
"Philip expertly navigates very complex insurance coverage disputes and demonstrates an impressive breadth of knowledge and expertise of the law in this area."
"Philip is a leading light in insurance, he is a deep thinker and is highly approachable."
"Philip is a super tactician, who always thinks about how to achieve the best for his clients."
"Philip expertly navigates very complex insurance coverage disputes and demonstrates an impressive breadth of knowledge and expertise of the law in this area."
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