Michael Payton
Senior Partner, London
Recent experience
- "PIPER ALPHA".
- The invasion of Kuwait.
- Collapse of US Savings & Loans Bank.
- Breast implants.
- US environment and pollution claims including "EXXON VALDEZ".
- Break up of the former Yugoslavia.
- Scandinavian credit reinsurance losses.
- Loss of the "SLEIPNER GBS".
- The grounding of the oil tankers "BRAER" and "SEA EMPRESS".
- The kidnap of the stallion "SHERGAR".
- Chernobyl related contamination of food crops.
- The Lloyd's litigation including reconstruction and renewal.
- Break up of the former USSR from the perspective of Insurers of Russian oil and gas industries.
- Extended warranty losses.
- Hatfield rail crash.
- Split capital trusts.
- Loss of P36.
- World Trade Center.
- E&O and D&O claims following the collapse of Enron and problems with other major US corporations.
- Bermudan Form Excess Liability Insurance Arbitrations.
- USA tax shelters.
- 2005 Hurricanes.
- 2007 outbreak of foot and mouth