Indemnisation professionnelle

Notre travail en matière d’indemnisation professionnelle

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• A distributed denial of service attack

  A distributed denial of service attack, which caused the website of a major retailer to shut down for nearly 72 hours, leading to business interruption loss and other first party loss.

  United States

  Acting for a wealth management firm

  Acting for a wealth management firm in respect of multiple customer complaints concerning advice given to invest in an unregulated collective investment scheme (a fund of hedge funds). We advised on communications with customers and the FOS and have assisted with the design and implementation of a scheme (for approval by the FCA) to compensate all customers who fit within certain defined parameters

  United Kingdom

  Acting for IFAs

  Acting for IFAs in claims by clients and the FSCS arising out of the collapse of Keydata Investors who have lost all of their funds

  United Kingdom

  Acting in relation to a series of unregulated investments

  Acting for an IFA on a claim brought by a household name against his former financial adviser in relation to a series of unregulated investments made across the world

  United Kingdom

  Acting in relation to civil and regulatory exposures

  Acting for a wealth management firm in relation to civil and regulatory exposures arising from pension switching advice in which customers were advised to switch from occupational to personal pensions

  United Kingdom

  Acting on a series of frauds committed

  Acting for a well known national IFA network in relation to a series of frauds committed by an adviser

  United Kingdom

  Advising against a claim of breach of duty and breach of fiduciary duty

  Advising on a claim against a solicitor for breach of duty and breach of fiduciary duty. The claim raised significant issues regarding scope of duty, conflict of interest and causation in addition to  a number of policy issues which also arose

  United Kingdom

  Advising brokers in a negligence claim

  Advising brokers on a substantial negligence claim for failing to advise correctly on cover required

  United Kingdom

  Advising captive insurers

  Advising the captive insurers of the largest global accountancy networks on their direct insurance, reinsurance and fronting programmes

  United Kingdom

  Advising commercial surveyors

  Advising commercial surveyors with allegation of conspiracy and fraudulent misrepresentation relating to the purchase of a commercial property / business

  United Kingdom
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• Settling a CAD 130 million class action

  Acting for an accountants practice in successfully settling a CAD 130 million class action brought by investors in Canada

  Canada

  Multi-million USD claim alleging negligent design

  Advice in relation to a USD 300 million plus claim against a global design and engineering company relating to the alleged negligent design of a hydro-electric facility in Panama (with claims in multiple jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United States)

  Panama

  Negligence claim from allegations of an undervalued sale of a mining company's assets

  Defending a negligence claim against the administrators of an English incorporated mining exploration company in Peru involving allegations that they caused the company’s main assets to be sold to a connected party at an undervalue

  Peru

  Claim against global engineering company

  Advice in relation to claims against a global engineering company arising out of alleged negligent design and construction of gas processing facilities in Trinidad

  Trinidad and Tobago

  A distributed denial of service attack

  A distributed denial of service attack, which caused the website of a major retailer to shut down for nearly 72 hours, leading to business interruption loss and other first party loss.

  United States

  Claims advice on auditing Chinese companies in the US

  Advising in respect of numerous claims made against auditors involved in auditing Chinese companies listed in the US

  United States

  Alleged negligent design and construction of power plant

  Advice in relation to claims against a global engineering company arising out of alleged negligent design and construction of power plant facilities in the United States

  United States

  International copyright infringement claim

  Representing a Canadian corporation in US court against a claim for copyright infringement over the use of a performer’s image on a website

  United States

  Greeting card trademark infringement action

  Acting on behalf of a greeting card designer and publisher over the use of a trademarked phrase in greeting cards

  United States

  Retail copyright infringement

  Defended a retailer/manufacturer over the use of copyrighted images on a website

  United States
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• US Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and complaints

  Acting for a Big Four practice in Australia in respect of US Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and complaints regarding negligent and improper accounting practices, and advice on inter-firm related captive coverage

  Australie

  Negligence claims in relation to various projects

  Acting for an engineer defending negligence claims in relation to various projects, including the allegedly negligent design of tunnels, roads and bridges

  Australie

  Defense of structural engineers

  Defending structural engineers alleged to have failed to take account of hydrostatic pressure calculations in designing a landmark luxury harbour-side apartment complex

  Australie

  Federal Court of Australia proceedings

  Acting for the insurers of a large consulting engineering firm in relation to Federal Court of Australia proceedings which alleged they were responsible for the collapse of underground mine workings

  Australie

  Large claim for double insurance against contracts work insurer

  Acting for the industrial special risks insurer in a mining project in respect of a large claim for double insurance against the contracts work insurer

  Australie

  Liquidators allegations of accounting irregularities

  Advising on a multi-million dollar claim against a Hong Kong accountancy firm by the Liquidators of a family textile company, alleging a failure to detect accounting irregularities in relation to its PRC subsidiary

  Hong Kong

  Coverage issues regarding failed waste treatment plant

  Advising on insurance coverage in relation to a failed waste treatment plant

  Hong Kong

  Drafting of single project insurance policies

  Drafting a number of the single project insurance policies currently in use in the Hong Kong and UK market

  Hong Kong

  CAR cover advice regarding a multi-million dollar claim

  Advising on CAR cover in relation to a multi-million dollar claim arising from a warehouse collapse at a major international airport

  Hong Kong

  Multi-million dollar claims regarding fire stopping in 78 houses

  Acting for a D&B contractor and its insurers in the defence of multi-million dollar claims relating to allegedly inadequate fire stopping in 78 houses, following an initial arson attack

  Hong Kong
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• PI policies for architects

  Drafting and advising on direct and reinsurance PI policies for Architects and Engineers for use in the UAE to cover (inter alia) decennial liability.

  United Arab Emirates

  Large claims against engineers for alledged design faults

  Defending two UAE court claims (AED 18 million and 32 million) against a global firm of multidisciplinary consulting engineers for alleged design faults.

  United Arab Emirates

  Claim against global engineering company

  Advice in relation to claims against a global engineering company arising out of alleged negligent design and construction of a sewage and waste water processing facility in the Middle East

  United Arab Emirates

• USD 1 billion claim against global engineering company

  Advice in relation to a USD 1 billion claim against a global engineering company arising out of alleged negligent design and construction of an oil and gas processing facility in Russia

  Russian Federation

  Shareholder allegations against one of the Big Four

  Defending one of the Big Four against a shareholder claim for AED 500 million (GBP 84 million) which arose from its role as auditor and financial adviser in the UAE and Bahrain

  Spain

  Acting for a wealth management firm

  Acting for a wealth management firm in respect of multiple customer complaints concerning advice given to invest in an unregulated collective investment scheme (a fund of hedge funds). We advised on communications with customers and the FOS and have assisted with the design and implementation of a scheme (for approval by the FCA) to compensate all customers who fit within certain defined parameters

  United Kingdom

  Acting for IFAs

  Acting for IFAs in claims by clients and the FSCS arising out of the collapse of Keydata Investors who have lost all of their funds

  United Kingdom

  Acting in relation to a series of unregulated investments

  Acting for an IFA on a claim brought by a household name against his former financial adviser in relation to a series of unregulated investments made across the world

  United Kingdom

  Acting in relation to civil and regulatory exposures

  Acting for a wealth management firm in relation to civil and regulatory exposures arising from pension switching advice in which customers were advised to switch from occupational to personal pensions

  United Kingdom

  Acting on a series of frauds committed

  Acting for a well known national IFA network in relation to a series of frauds committed by an adviser

  United Kingdom

  Advising against a claim of breach of duty and breach of fiduciary duty

  Advising on a claim against a solicitor for breach of duty and breach of fiduciary duty. The claim raised significant issues regarding scope of duty, conflict of interest and causation in addition to  a number of policy issues which also arose

  United Kingdom

  Advising brokers in a negligence claim

  Advising brokers on a substantial negligence claim for failing to advise correctly on cover required

  United Kingdom

  Advising captive insurers

  Advising the captive insurers of the largest global accountancy networks on their direct insurance, reinsurance and fronting programmes

  United Kingdom
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