Konstantin Saranchuk
Consultant | London,
United Kingdom
Konstantin.Saranchuk@kennedyslaw.com
+44 20 7667 9777
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Profile
Konstantin is a Consultant in Kennedys’ London office. He is registered with the SRA as a Registered Foreign Lawyer, authorised to practise law in England and Wales. He is admitted to practice in Russia as an advocate.
With more than two decades of practising insurance coverage law, Konstantin has vast experience in providing legal advice and advocacy for multinational insurance companies regarding the adjustment and defence of claims involving all types of risk located in the territories of the Former Soviet Republics, especially in Russia and Ukraine.
Since February 2022, his work has also encompassed political risk insurance, navigating the challenges introduced by the evolving geoeconomic environment.
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Qualifications and admissions
- Qualified as an advocate in Russia in 1997
- Registered with the SRA as an RFL in 2015.
Work highlights
- Represented major international reinsurers and Lloyd’s syndicates as defendants in a dispute relating to reinsurance coverage of the loss resulting from the crash of prototype
- Russian aircraft, Sukhoi SuperJet-100, in Indonesia.
- Represented Swiss reinsurer as defendant in a dispute relating to reinsurance coverage of the loss resulting from Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station disaster.
- Represented international insurers and major Russian insurer in a dispute with an international corporation developing and administrating a business centre in Moscow; the dispute was related to the construction/erection policy and the collapse of an underground car park, which occurred in the business centre while it was under construction.
Insurance and reinsurance