Franco D'Andrea

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Franco's experience encompasses court litigation in England and Wales and in foreign jurisdictions as well as in international arbitration. 

His insurance practice sees him acting regularly for insurers in the London market and across various international insurance markets. His primary business-line focus includes energy (upstream, downstream and renewables) and most marine classes (predominantly hull and war). Franco also has considerable reinsurance and professional negligence disputes experience, encompassing both coverage and liability work.

Franco's commercial dispute resolution experience includes successfully handling power, EPC, shipping and agency agreement disputes as well as general commercial contract disputes.

In non-contentious matters, Franco has significant experience of insurance and commercial contract drafting. He has been involved in a number of recent insurance wordings reviews in the energy and marine insurance markets.

Experience

• Defending various CTL claims arising on marine hull and marine war policies.
• Advising insurers in relation to coverage issues (including BI) arising under operational policies for FPSOs, FSOs and semi-submersibles.
• Advising insurers in relation to offshore sue & labour claims.
• Advising insurers in relation to marine K&R coverage.
• Successfully acting for an EPC sub-contractor in a significant LCIA arbitration.
• Advising international insurers in relation to defective design coverage issues.
• Advising international insurers in relation to complex windfarm losses.
• Acting for a wide-range of parties in commercial arbitration subject to a range of arbitral terms.
• Advising underwriters in relation to liability coverage wordings.
• Conducting cyber insurance wordings reviews.