DLA Piper appoints Head of International financial lines insurance disputes

DLA Piper announces the appointment of Jane Childs to its specialist Insurance & Reinsurance Disputes team within its Litigation & Regulatory practice in London. She will head up a newly created international team of specialists focused on financial lines insurance disputes and joins on 16 October from Mayer Brown where she has been a partner for 14 years.

Jane is a leading practitioner in international financial lines insurance claims and disputes and has served the London and international insurance markets with distinction for many years. Jane’s naturally collaborative approach and reputation for technical excellence and first-rate client service has enabled her to build a strong and long term client following. She is also well-known for advising clients on trade credit insurance in receivables securitisation programmes and pensions longevity insurance transactions.

Jane joins a Litigation & Regulatory practice that is already well established in the global insurance markets with specialists in the UK, US, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. As a leading lawyer in the financial lines insurance sector, Jane’s appointment is both a reflection of the firm’s increasingly strong profile in this important global sector and its ambition to develop its international offering still further, with the highest quality client relationships, mandates and people.

Commenting on the appointment, International Head of DLA Piper’s Litigation and Regulatory Practice, Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry said:

“Jane has a stellar reputation in international financial lines insurance coverage claims and disputes. We look forward to her joining us to lead our development in this important area of specialisation across our international practice and to be part of an already established but growing global insurance practice.”

Leon Taylor, Head of the Insurance & Reinsurance Disputes team in the UK, said:

“Jane’s arrival represents another important milestone in the development of the firm’s insurance disputes team into one of the market’s leading specialist practices, both in London and internationally. Her joining is a clear endorsement of the quality and ambition of our team and reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality advice to our clients, in this increasingly important area and more broadly”