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Alison McGuinness

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Alison McGuinness

Alison McGuinness

Associate

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Alison McGuinness

Alison McGuinness

Associate

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Alison joined Clyde & Co in 2019 as an associate in the Insurance Financial and Professional Disputes team in the London office. She advises insurers and a range of insured professionals including solicitors, architects and SIPP providers in the defence of professional negligence claims, and is instructed by insurers to provide advice on a range of coverage issues.

Alison also has significant experience in complex commercial disputes and arbitration, both in the UK and internationally.

Experience
  • Defending claims and complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service against a large SIPP provider, and a concurrent contribution claim brought by an IFA
  • Advising insurers on coverage issues arising from a claim made against an asset management company for breach of the Quincecare duty brought by a high-net-worth individual
  • Defending a claim brought against a broker for alleged secret profits relating to insurance covering a group of hotels in the Caribbean
  • Successfully judicially reviewing a decision on behalf of insurers to assist with the enforcement in the UK of a multi-million pound judgment originally obtained in the USA
  • Acting on behalf of a commodities asset management company in relation to arbitration proceedings brought against them
  • Representing a large corporation in an international investor/state arbitration

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Alison McGuinness is an associate in the Insurance Financial and Professional Disputes team in London with experience in professional liability and insurance coverage matters.

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Full Profile

Alison joined Clyde & Co in 2019 as an associate in the Insurance Financial and Professional Disputes team in the London office. She advises insurers and a range of insured professionals including solicitors, architects and SIPP providers in the defence of professional negligence claims, and is instructed by insurers to provide advice on a range of coverage issues.

Alison also has significant experience in complex commercial disputes and arbitration, both in the UK and internationally.

Experience
  • Defending claims and complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service against a large SIPP provider, and a concurrent contribution claim brought by an IFA
  • Advising insurers on coverage issues arising from a claim made against an asset management company for breach of the Quincecare duty brought by a high-net-worth individual
  • Defending a claim brought against a broker for alleged secret profits relating to insurance covering a group of hotels in the Caribbean
  • Successfully judicially reviewing a decision on behalf of insurers to assist with the enforcement in the UK of a multi-million pound judgment originally obtained in the USA
  • Acting on behalf of a commodities asset management company in relation to arbitration proceedings brought against them
  • Representing a large corporation in an international investor/state arbitration