Gavin Coull is a Partner in the London office of Locke Lord LLP where he acts on the London insurance and reinsurance market (both Lloyd's and companies) and international carriers, particularly in Bermuda.
He focuses his practice on dispute resolution and coverage advice for reinsurers and reinsureds, in respect of both treaty and facultative business, as well as complex international direct business, across a broad range of non-marine classes including property, specie, political risk, engineering, casualty and pharmaceutical. He also deals with problematical binding authority issues.
Gavin is regularly instructed in matters involving fraud and has experience of obtaining and enforcing freezing injunctions and search and seizure orders, and of acting as Court appointed Supervising Solicitor. He has extensive experience of litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, and has had conduct of significant matters in England and overseas (Bermuda and the US amongst others) and frequently acts as co-ordinating counsel for multi-jurisdictional disputes.
Gavin also has a non-contentious practice, advising on insurance and reinsurance programme structuring and wordings, both traditional and alternative.
He is ranked as a leading individual for insurance work by the 2012 edition of the UK Chambers. He also regularly contributes to industry publications and undertakes speaking engagements.
Education
- Guildford College of Law, 1994
Dip Law
PGCLE - M.A., St Peter's College, Oxford University, 1992