BACH LANGHEID DALLMAYR represents D&O and industrial insurers in high-value litigation, including post-acquisition disputes, recourse claims and coverage lawsuits in areas as broad as finance, cybersecurity, environmental, and health insurance. The team is led by Joachim Grote, who leads for life and health insurers on regulatory and contentious matters; Björn Seitz and Bastian Finkel, financial lines specialists who act together in D&O insurance and cyber damage claims, often with a European scope; and Martin Alexander, who advises in industrial and pharmaceutical product liability cases. Jan Kordes is a name of note in D&O and liability insurance law cases.

DLA Piper acts for a client roster spanning international and domestic specialist insurers, German subsidiaries of cross-border liability programmes, and the directors and officers of listed companies, while also acting on behalf of a range of industrial policyholders against insurers groups. Practice leader Thomas Gädtke has a broad base of experience in different forms of commercial litigation and dispute resolution, Christian Schneider is a specialist in contentious insurance law matters particularly in the area of D&O liabilities for industry leaders, and Gunne Bähr leads coverage proceedings with a focus on insurance supervisory law. Nadine Pieper has advised on coverage reviews for insurers following cyberattacks.

Wilhelm Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB‘s insurance litigation practice is renowned on the market for its work on behalf of policyholders. The firm advises on major claim settlements and enforcements, questions of D&O liability, and has led on large loss matters including property damage and project interruption cases for clients in the construction, engineering, and automotive sectors. In addition to this, the practice has represented prominent international clients in finance. Team leader Mark Wilhelm is uniquely experienced in litigation against insurers, Fabian Herdter leads on fidelity insurance cases in the financial lines sector, and Lars Winkler is a general dispute resolution specialist who has acted for health insurers.

bock legal Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten is retained as monitoring and coverage counsel by major international insurance companies as well as directors and officers in a range of liability claims an disputes, and the practice has also provided legal advice on insurance law aspects of insolvencies, financial loss cases and project failures, as well as in contentious corporate transactions. Recent highlights for the practice have included acting as long-term E&O series proceedings with large asset managers. Stefan Bank focuses on individual liability cases on behalf of insurers, while Dirk Schmitz specialises in recourse law in the context of failed transactions and high-risk matters.

White & Case LLP employs the full strength of the firm’s global and multidisciplinary capabilities to act on major insurance disputes for international insurers, including in D&O damages claims, the enforcement of insurance coverages under W&I policies, and post-transactional insurance disputes. Christian Wirth has led on cross-border litigation for insurers and reinsurers, and Sara Vanetta focuses on D&O cases.

ADVANT Beiten‘s insurance law practice specialises in dispute resolution for insurers and representing defendants in complex liability proceedings. The team is active in out-of-court settlement negotiations as well as acting as monitoring and defense counsel in cross-border disputes. Florian Weichselgärtner regularly advises prominent insurers and law firms in complex, contentious insurance law cases.

Norton Rose Fulbright counts global insurance and reinsurance companies as clients, and the firm acts in administrative court proceedings alongside out of court coverage issues, often integrating expertise in IT, corporate, and competition law into disputes. The practice has recently expanded into cyber insurance and is also instructed to act as monitoring counsel in American and international insurance disputes. Practice head Jamie Nowak focuses on complex international liability disputes for prominent insurers.

PATZINA LOTZ Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB represents prominent individuals, including managing directors, board members and tax advisors in a range of complex recourse proceedings, with a strength in tax, corporate, and professional liability law as they relate to insurance disputes. The firm also prepares insurers and policyholders for potential disputes. Practice heads Thorsten Lotz and René Matz have experience in employment law and tax liabilities respectively.

SKW Schwarz represents policy-holders across a range of industries in disputes concerning financial loss, healthcare, product liability, in addition to acting for D&O insurers on claims and legal disputes concerning insurance policy definitions, breaches of contract and duties, and compensation and cost recoveries. Practice head Arndt Tetzlaff is a key contact for complex insurance liability proceedings.