Ian Roberts

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Ian is a Partner in Clyde & Co’s Singapore and London offices and leads their South East Asia insurance practice. He is an experienced commercial litigator with a particular focus on [re]insurance coverage issues. He has significant experience in dispute resolution through litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Ian has extensive experience advising Political and Credit Risk insurers on coverage and recoveries issues involving all types of policies, including short-term multi buyer, whole turnover, structured credit and single risk policies.  Another significant area of focus for Ian is advising insurers on Financial Lines and General Liability claims (coverage, monitoring and defence) including FI, PI, D&O, Fidelity and GL matters.  Ian also advises generally on reinsurance issues and disputes.

Ian has been consistently acknowledged as a leading insurance practitioner by Chambers and is ranked Band 1 for insurance in Singapore. Ian is hailed by clients as "an exceptional lawyer and my preference of lawyer to deal with in Asia,", "strength on both claims and non-claims work" as well as being "persuasive, charming and technically strong – he’s the lawyer you want in a complex coverage dispute". He is specifically recognised in Chambers & Partners for his "expertise in trade related issues“.

Ian's cases have involved him managing and conducting significant litigation / arbitration and claims events on behalf of [re]insurers in a variety of jurisdictions around the world. He also regularly undertakes wordings work and product development.