Ben Loechner
Ben.Loechner@kennedyslaw.com
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Profile
Ben is a Senior Associate in our London office and specialises in insurance and reinsurance. He is dual qualified having qualified in England and Wales in 2015 and Germany in 2019.
His areas of practice include insurance/ reinsurance, product liability, energy and property, D&O, casualty and excess liability claims. He also has experience of advising on policies written on the Bermuda Form.
Ben specialises in the conduct of complex cross-border disputes, in the context of which he regularly advises on questions of jurisdiction and private international law. Ben has particular experience of arbitration under a variety of arbitral rules (including ICC, LCIA, ARIAS and ad hoc) often dealing with issues of foreign law.
In addition to his contentious caseload, Ben frequently advises (re)insurers on policy coverage under both English and German law. Ben also has experience of drafting policy wordings.
Ben speaks English and German and advises clients in both languages. He is a member of the British-German Jurists Association. He is also a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL).
He also contributed to the fourth edition of Kennedys’ Global Legal Handbook, one of our most popular guides, which outlines the main legal and procedural issues that case handlers may encounter when dealing with claims across 53 jurisdictions globally.
Qualifications and admissions
- Qualified in England and Wales in 2015
- Qualified in Germany in 2019
Work highlights
- Represented successful Claimant in ICC arbitration in Paris concerning project management of complex construction/ engineering project, with claim and counter-claims in excess of US$80 million.
- Advised Reinsurers in reinsurance arbitration in South Africa, with value claimed in excess of EUR60 million.
- Oil production platform fire and explosion offshore Mexico, with losses claimed in excess of US$ 1 billion.
- Advised Bermuda Form insurers and reinsurers on the coverage aspects of pollution and product liability claims arising from mass tort litigation in the US.
- Successfully challenged the jurisdiction of English Courts on the basis that claim was statute-barred under German law in Spring v Ministry of Defence [2017].
Construction and engineering
Insurance and reinsurance
Life sciences