Stuart Maleno

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Stuart advises on coverage and disputes across all types of D&O and financial lines liability insurance, including Bankers Blanket Bond and Civil Liability.  His experience includes advising on regulatory investigations into directors and claims involving allegations of fraud, across a wide range of jurisdictions, including in particular Latin America.

Stuart has also represented insurers and insureds, such as accountants and IFAs, in professional negligence claims and advised financial institutions in regulatory investigations, including s.166 investigations and investigations by Lloyd's of London.

His experience includes a three month secondment at a financial institution.

Experience

• Representing London market insurers on first party losses arising from employee fraud and computer crime.
• Representing London market insurers of a financial institution, in respect of regulatory investigations relating to fund administration activities.
• Acting for London market insurers on a range of D&O claims, involving issues such as allegations of fraud and money laundering, insider trading, tax evasion and claims arising out of liquidation (e.g. wrongful trading, negligent mismanagement), across jurisdictions in Europe, North and South America and Africa.
• Representing a financial institution during a s.166 FSMA investigation.
• Defending an IFA in litigation in respect of mis-selling allegations