Associate

Hamshini Sathiyamoorthy

Associate (New South Wales Qualified)

Languages

English
Tamil

Hamshini Sathiyamoorthy is an associate in the CMS Insurance and Reinsurance Group, based in our London office. Prior to joining CMS, Hamshini worked as an associate in a specialist international insurance firm in Sydney, Australia. She is an experienced insurance litigation lawyer with a strong background in coverage and defence work including contentious insurance coverage litigation and financial services professional indemnity disputes.

Relevant experience

Insurers underwriting a Design and Construct Policy in a litigated class action involving defective apartment buildings in New Zealand.
Directors in relation to claims of oppressive and unfair conduct toward minority shareholders in New South Wales Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Australia.
An engineering consulting firm and its employee in a negligence and contract dispute.
A large international insurer on a claim for indemnity under a Financial Planners Professional Indemnity Policy made by a Big 4 bank in Australia.
A large international insurer on the availability of cover for directors of a publicly trading data management company (with receivers appointed) under a Directors & Officers’ Liability Policy.
Coverage counsel for a large international insurer on non-disclosure and misrepresentation matters in a claim made by a large Australian casino under a Directors and Officers’ Liability Policy.

Education

2020 - LLB, Macquarie University, NSW Australia.
2020 - Bachelor of Science, Macquarie University, NSW Australia.

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution Insurance & Reinsurance Disputes

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