- Rising Star and recommended lawyer for 'Professional negligence (North West)'
"Hannah Williams is first-rate."
"Hannah Williams is noted for her work advising insurers and reinsurers on complex coverage and monitoring issues."
The Legal 500 UK 2022 - Rising Star and recommended lawyer for 'Professional negligence (North West)'
The Legal 500 UK 2021 - Recommended Lawyer for 'Professional negligence (North West)'
"The ‘commercial and knowledgeable’ Hannah Williams…"
The Legal 500 UK 2018/19
Hannah is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate in our financial lines and professional indemnity team, who works out of London and Manchester.
Hannah advises insurers and reinsurers on coverage issues and policy disputes, with a focus on professional indemnity, directors’ and officers’ liability and commercial crime. She also acts on behalf of insurers and policyholders on a range of complex and high-value claims against D&Os and professionals, including solicitors and trustees. Such expertise includes a broad range of dispute resolution in the UK and overseas. Hannah is also known for her work with clients in the construction sector - primarily the defence of contractors, engineers, architects and surveyors, often with cross-jurisdictional elements.
Hannah’s extensive experience in the London insurance market has included two secondments at a top-five insurance broker and a leading worldwide insurer. Hannah has also spent time working in Hong Kong.
Hannah is a representative for the Forum of Insurance Lawyers’ (FOIL) D&O sub-committee and regularly speaks at market events, is involved in the firm’s FCA Consultation responses and is reported in the insurance press.
Qualifications
- Qualified in England and Wales in 2012
- Qualified as a Solicitor Advocate in 2014
- Qualified in Northern Ireland in 2018
