Tom Osborne

Tom is based in Kennedys’ London office. He trained as a barrister and was called to the Bar in 2010, before cross-qualifying as a solicitor in 2013.

Tom advises the London Market on insurance/reinsurance coverage and on subrogation, across various lines of business, but with a particular specialism in energy (upstream and downstream) and construction claims. His practice is international and regularly involves working in collaboration with other Kennedys’ offices, most commonly in LatAm and the Middle East.

Tom has worked on major first party claims concerning total losses of and physical damage to drilling rigs, production platforms, FPSOs, pipelines, microtunnel boring machines (MTBMs), petrochemical plants, solar power plants, bio waste plants, and gas turbines, including claims for various kinds of consequential financial losses (BI, DSU, and LOPI). He advises on third party liability claims, often related to the energy and construction sectors, and has been involved in claims concerning gas well blowouts, damage to power generation equipment, and high profile oil spills in the Caribbean and offshore Peru.

Tom also regularly deals with claims under Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI) policies, as well as claims under CAR/EAR policies.

Tom is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and has spoken in various client seminars and industry conferences, including to the European Wind Turbine Committee.