Javier Puig

Profil complet

Javier is a leading specialist in healthcare law and medical liability, advising national and international insurance companies on policy coverage, professional liability, personal injury, and medical malpractice claims.

He acts on behalf of insurers and their insured in civil, criminal, and administrative litigation, with a strong track record in complex claims and policy matters in the Spanish healthcare sector.

He has extensive experience managing large claims portfolios, including the defense of more than 2,000 annual claims for public health administrations. His work includes advising on coverage issues, drafting policy wordings, and representing insurers before administrative bodies and courts.

Javier is particularly recognized for his work with public health entities, providing strategic advice and legal defense in sensitive and high-stakes medical malpractice cases, including the defense of doctors, healthcare professionals, private clinics, and hospital networks.

Expérience

• Representing Berkshire Hathaway, a major international insurer in litigation arising from severe neurological injuries during childbirth, securing a favorable outcome that saved the insurer more than €4 million.
• Advising Sanitas S.A. de Seguros, a leading health insurance provider in Spain, on policies, health questionnaires, and judicial and extrajudicial claims, including matters involving Sanitas Hospitales and Sanitas Mayores.
• Defense of insurance companies and medical professionals in criminal proceedings, obtaining the dismissal of charges including reckless injury and homicide.
• Extensive experience in mass personal injury claims against public health administrations.
• Advising on complex medical malpractice claims, acting for leading insurers in the sector.
• Handling professional liability claims involving lawyers, accountants, architects, and construction companies.
• Regular advice on policy coverage matters in high-value and technically complex insurance disputes.