Nick Thomas

Nick is the Senior Partner at Kennedys. He trained with Kennedys and qualified in 1980 in England and Wales and is also qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong, Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland, and is a Chartered Arbitrator and an accredited mediator.

Nick represents (re)insurers in relation to major losses in the UK and Ireland, continental Europe, Asia, Middle East and Latin America, liaising with our network of international offices. Nick is also a member of our Caribbean practice team.

He specialises in insurance and reinsurance including commercial property claims particularly arising from incidents overseas (Middle East, India, Far East and the Americas) including political risk; energy and power generation claims, both onshore and offshore; property/business interruption, Construction All Risks, Erection All Risks and Delay in Start Up. In addition, he also advises on professional indemnity disputes for construction professionals.

Nick handles some of the largest energy losses in The London Market and Latin America with often with reserves of USD$1billion. He handled the Heathrow Express Tunnel Collapse and he co-ordinated the liability proceedings for a market of over twenty insurers with claims totalling over £1bn arising out of the explosion at the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hertfordshire.

"Nick Thomas is declared a 'credit to the firm' by impressed sources, who recognise the value he adds in his work on international property claims, political risk and energy and power generation insurance matters, among other such work." Chambers 2016.

The Gracechurch London Market Insurance Law Report 2016 described that “He is the senior partner at Kennedys - top of the game”. Nick is a Leading individual for insurance, Chambers UK 2017. He is described in Chambers as “...greatly respected for his many years' experience and impressive international expertise. Clients recommend his ‘proactive, professional and detailed approach to all matters,’ while commentators also recognise his experience, saying that when it comes to insurance matters ‘he's been, seen and done it all and bought the T-shirt.’"

Memberships

• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• ADR Chambers accredited Mediator
• FOIL - Forum of Insurance Lawyers.