Henry Dyer is an Associate in the Insurance practice at Simmons & Simmons. He advises insurers, reinsurers, retrocessionaires, directors, officers and corporates on complex, high-value, cross-border disputes and claims, as well as product development and wording issues.
Henry's practice is international in scope, with underlying issues and litigation spanning the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and China. He has experience before the English courts and in international arbitration, including disputes arising under Bermuda Form policies, which combine New York substantive law with English-seated ad hoc arbitration.
His work spans product liability, mass tort and large-scale liability exposures, including pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer product liabilities, financial institutions (FI), directors' and officers' (D&O), shareholder and governance disputes, transactional risk matters, including warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance claims arising from M&A transactions, and reinsurance and retrocession arrangements.
Henry works with insurers and their insureds in defending claims and navigating disputes concerning corporate governance, shareholder rights, investment interests and allegations of wrongdoing. His practice frequently sits at the intersection of commercial disputes and insurance coverage, particularly valuation, accounting and financial issues, aggregation, and significant exposures, liabilities and recoveries.
He also advises on recovery disputes and programme structures across multiple lines of business, including treaty, facultative and retrocessional arrangements, multi-year disputes, underwriting authority issues and cross-border recoveries.
Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons, Henry completed a secondment within the Financial Lines claims team of a global insurer, gaining first-hand experience of claims handling, reserving and coverage decision-making for major losses.
