Chamika Hand
Legal Director
Chamika is a Legal Director with over 17 years' experience in Insurance and Reinsurance. With a focus on complex litigation and arbitration (including Bermuda Form arbitrations), Chamika specialises in advising Insurers on the coverage and defence of claims relating to professional liability, product liability and cyber liability.
Chamika's experience
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Advised Riverstone Managing Agency Limited a global insurance underwriter on coverage issues and claim monitoring regarding allegations of fraud, dishonesty, and breach of trust against a corporate trustee in the British Virgin Islands, involving complex trust structures and beneficiary disputes over significant shareholdings.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a leading insurance provider on coverage and monitoring of a professional indemnity claim involving alleged professional negligence by a Cayman Islands law firm in litigation before the English courts.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised Hannover Ruck SE, a global reinsurer on contractual matters involving existing and new agreements with major life assurance providers in the UK, including guidance on potential amendments to contract terms following the conclusion of a partnership between counterparties.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a software provider on an insurance coverage dispute concerning arbitration counterclaims and policy interpretation regarding professional and technology services.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised Centrica plc, a leading energy and services company on a dispute involving a delegated authority scheme underwritten by a major insurer and administered by its subsidiaries in the UK.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Representing Riverstone Managing Agency Limited and another leading London Market Insurer in an LCIA coverage arbitration relating to a Directors and Officers Liability Insurance policy.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a UK general insurer on the pursuing of manufacturers and distributors on claims for liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994, in negligence and for breach of contract where those claims relate to defective household appliances, boilers, tools and battery operated products.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acted for insurers in D&O claim relating to breaches of investment mandate
- United Kingdom
- Insurance - advisory & disputes
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Acted for the insured in D&O coverage dispute.
- United Kingdom
- Insurance - advisory & disputes
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Acted for insurers in D&O claim relating to Cyber Liability Phishing Fraud
- United Kingdom
- Insurance - advisory & disputes
Credentials
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2013Joined Pinsent Masons
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2010Legal Director at Clyde & Co
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2006Associate at Clyde & Co
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2004Qualified - England and Wales
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2004Solicitor at Kennedys
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2002Trainee at Kennedys
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