Directors & Officers / Financial Institutions Liability Coverage

Our Directors & Officers / Financial Institutions Liability Coverage attorneys are widely recognized as pioneers in this area with experience going back to the advent of the first commercial products widely available in the industry. Over the years, we have remained at the forefront of the evolving market, counseling clients as the need for, and breadth of, reform and innovation demanded. With the future signaling more change, we understand the complex and varied factors that influence the global market for D&O and corporate liability insurance. We can most often be found at the negotiating table forging effective solutions or in court creating new law on our clients’ behalf.
 
Our worldwide clients, who insure Fortune 500 corporations, banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, as well as private and non-profit organizations both large and small, turn to us for creative solutions to their complex issues and counsel in their high-profile cases. We advise our clients on legal issues that arise in every facet of the D&O industry by:
 

• Providing strategic counsel on complex securities and other management litigation (ranging from shareholder class, opt-out and derivative actions, government investigations, creditor recovery actions to warranty and indemnity disputes) and related issues of policy interpretation
• Developing new and innovative negotiation strategies for coverage disputes before, during and after mediation
• Offering underwriting advice and analysis on coverage issues and trends
• Drafting policies, applications and endorsements
• Representing insurers in coverage litigation and arbitrations