Angela Flaherty

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Angela is based in our London office and, as an energy and construction insurance lawyer, she advises on coverage for claims in the UK and internationally as well as giving wording advice.  Angela works closely with the firm’s global energy insurance team bringing significant sector expertise to complex coverage matters.  Angela has a deep knowledge and understanding of the oil & gas (upstream, midstream and downstream) and renewables sectors and the issues which arise during the construction, operational and decommissioning phases of an asset’s life.  She handles high value technical claims and gives clear legal advice which is carefully balanced with commercial considerations.

Angela has significant experience of representing insurers in litigation and arbitration, including jurisdictional disputes, but she has also frequently helped insurers to conclude far more claims amicably through settlement negotiations and mediation.

Angela is the legal advisor to the LMA’s Joint Natural Resources Committee giving advice on topical legal issues relevant to the energy market and assistance on drafting new market wordings.  Angela is supporting the energy market transition with close involvement in emerging risk issues such as carbon capture (and issues concerning carbon credits) and other transitional technologies (renewable energies and battery energy storage).

Accolades:

Identified as a Leading Lawyer in Gracechurch’s 2024 London Market Insurance Law Monitor Report – “High level of service work ethic and ability to get the job done."

Ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” for Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation in the Legal 500
 

Experience

• Representing operational insurers in the Commercial Court coverage litigation resulting from the Nord Stream pipeline explosions in September 2022
• Acting for energy liability insurers in the successful defence of a claim by Technip (through to the Court of Appeal) for damage to an offshore platform in Saudi Arabia leading Technip Saudi Arabia Limited v The Mediterranean and Gulf Cooperative Insurance and Reinsurance Company (“MedGulf”) [2024] EWCA Civ 481
• Regularly advising insurers on losses in respect of coverage issues concerning: the existence (or otherwise) of damage, defect exclusions, corrosion and wear exclusions, additional coverages and (sub)limits. 
• Providing advice on business interruption (including CBI) and delay in start up claims, including in respect of causation issues, regulator intervention, interdependencies.
• Aggregation advice.
• Advice on losses occurring in:  UK, Europe (France, Spain, Holland, Poland, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway), North America (US and Canada) Latin/South America (Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Columbia), Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Singapore, Japan and Vietnam), Middle East (Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Oman) and Africa (Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon).