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Recommended lawyer for 'Professional negligence (London)'The Legal 500 UK 2023
- “He is very personable and approachable; and understands AIG's ethos. He is professionally excellent.”
The Gracechurch London Market Insurance Law Report 2019 - “He is very understanding, and he explains things quite easily for the team. Again it's that long standing relationship with us so we have worked close over the past 10 years.”
The Gracechurch London Market Insurance Law Report 2019 - “He's always responsive. It's because of the quality of the work really and always willing to discuss complicated matters just to bounce ideas off each other. Regarding his work it's generally his responsiveness and how he's willing to help.”
The Gracechurch London Market Insurance Law Report
Matt is a partner in Kennedys’ London office.
He represents some of the market’s largest multinational insurers and their insured professionals, defending complex and high-value claims. Matt defends a variety of professionals with a particular focus on architects, brokers, energy management consultants, financial advisors, loss adjusters, solicitors, surveyors and IT professionals. He also regularly handles high-value and complex subrogated recovery and property claims, often where insureds are high net worth individuals.
Matt advises insurers on policy coverage and acts in coverage disputes involving issues such as notification, aggregation and dishonesty.
Matt has particular experience in dealing with multi-party and group litigation matters. At the start of his career Matt worked on the MMR Vaccine Litigation (one of the largest group actions of its time) and is currently defending different firms of solicitors in claims where there are more than 50 claimants in each claim.
He also has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, expert determination and mediation. Matt has specific expertise in creating and managing electronic document management systems and e-disclosure systems.
Matt regularly contributes to industry publications, and lectures on civil litigation issues, professional negligence matters and subrogated recoveries. He is also involved in advocating the use of the professional negligence adjudication scheme.
He is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Chartered Insurance Institute.
Qualifications
- Qualified in England and Wales in 2005
