Garrett Moore

Profil complet

Garrett is a senior equity partner and head of our Ireland office, with 24 years of experience in both London and Dublin specialising in the marine and non-marine insurance, aviation, cyber breach/data protection, energy/renewables and construction sectors. He has particular coverage and defence expertise in insurance and reinsurance lines involving property damage and business interruption, professional indemnity (including solicitors, architects and engineers), cyber breach response/data protection, renewable energy, D&O, political risk, employer and public liability, product liability, Contractor All Risks, construction latent defects and bloodstock. 

Garrett, who is a native Dubliner, and his team of five assistants (Maire Ni Aodha, Liam Harnett, Rory Higgins, Geraldine Stack and Jon Stevenson) represent Irish and global commercial clients as well as London market and global (re)insurers on both Irish and English law contentious and non-contentious insurance and commercial matters. 

Expérience

• Extensive experience of Irish law professional indemnity coverage and defence issues (including regulatory issues) in the architect, engineer, surveyor, solicitor, accountant, IT consultant and broker contexts, including issues arising out of major Irish engineering projects in the bridge, school and university campus construction sectors 
• Advising on Contractors’ All Risk policy coverage and subrogation rights issues and Performance Bond/Taking In Charge Bond obligations in the construction sector 
• Representing international insurers in multi-billion Euro Irish law aircraft lessor hull/war political risks litigation arising out of the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 
• Acting for insurers on numerous litigation and arbitration matters involving property damage and business interruption coverage issues, including Covid-19 business interruption and DSU-related coverage, regulatory and reinsurance issues across multiple commercial sectors 
• Advising on first party and third-party liability coverage (including judicial review coverage)  
• arising out of energy-related property and BI insurance in the Irish on-shore and off-shore windfarm and gas-fired electrical production sectors 
• Acting for multiple international cyber insurers in the provision of Irish law cyber breach coach, GDPR/EU sanctions compliance and data protection services to commercial insureds, including reporting to/liaising with the Irish Data Protection Commission and Central Bank of Ireland 
• Irish law Directors and Officers coverage and defence representation regarding US cryptocurrency and Wirecard-related regulatory investigations of entities resident in Ireland 
• Product liability coverage and defence representation relating to motor vehicles, construction materials, industrial machinery and agricultural goods 
• Extensively advising on first party property damage and BI, and third-party Employers Liability and Public Liability, insurance coverage and defence issues (including fatality and nervous shock claims) in the Irish industrial, recycling, hotel, public house, retail, leisure and forestry sectors 
• Specialist in latent damage coverage advice and subrogation in the Irish construction sector 
• Providing coverage advice and representation to various equine/bloodstock insurers, including on mortality provisions, fertility and disability 
• Providing policy wording and (re)insurance regulatory advice to insurer clients, including carriers operating under EU Freedom of Service passports. 
• Providing policy wording and (re)insurance regulatory advice to insurer clients, including carriers operating under EU Freedom of Service passports