Insurance giant Aon is setting up a 30-strong in-house legal department to be staffed entirely by lawyers on secondment from panel firms. The team, which is understood to be the first of its kind, will handle solicitors’ professional indemnity claims for Aon claims Solutions (ACS)- which Aon is launching in place of the near-defunct Solicitor’s […]
When insurer Iron Trades decided to restructure its panel last year, it knew it was not going to be a simple operation. After all, when you have no in-house department and you outsource to more than 50 firms, any shake-up has the potential to become very messy indeed. Some of the firms had been with […]
Dearbail Jordan meets Nick Rochez, Davies Arnold Cooper’s senior insurance litigation partner, who caused a stir by going to US firm Leboeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae Nick Rochez, who left Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) in December after 21 years, to join US firm Leboeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae’s London office, is an enigma. On the […]
Simon Twigden, the head of Addleshaw Booth & Co’s London office, has big plans for the firm. Abigail Townsend talks to the man who has his work cut out for him. Simon Twigden clearly remembers the moment Addleshaw Booth & Co approached him with a view to joining its then recently formed London office. “I […]
Sean Farrell talks to Peter Schwartz, a man who is determined to take a sense of humour with him to Baker & McKenzie – as well as all his clients “Ties and humour” are what Peter Schwartz says he is bringing to Baker & McKenzie from US firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. The firm’s newly […]
Ryan Dunleavy finds that Hextall Erskine’s John Startin laughs in the face of law firm panel cuts – he has a cunning plan up his sleeve. Hextall Erskine insurance partner John Startin enthuses about the future for insurance lawyers. At a time when many of them are worried about panel cuts and an increasingly competitive […]
Peter Leaver QC has joined Graham Kelly and Glenn Hoddle on the bench. John-Paul Flintoff discovers that the latest member of football’s ruling elite to be sent off still feels mightily aggrieved – and perhaps for good reason Until recently, Peter Leaver QC figured among the most important men in English football. As chief executive […]
Last week, The Lawyer revealed details of the massive restructure at Davis Arnold Cooper. Now at the helm, with new title of managing director, Nick Sinfield is preparing to steer the firm on a new course. Sean Farrell reports For a man who, according to the rumour mill, has “gone to ground” and is “a […]