Elborne Mitchell—David Murphy

David Murphy has been appointed a partner at City firm Elborne Mitchell, in the firm’s core practice of complex reinsurance and insurance matters. Previously, David was a partner at the London office of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold.

David’s dispute resolution expertise includes litigation, arbitration and mediation. He is experienced in a wide range of classes of insurance business, including property/business interruption, casualty, energy, mining, engineering/construction, political violence, BBB, D&O, financial lines, EL/PL and credit insurance. He also regularly advises on the drafting of policy wordings and clauses.

He has experience of handling disputes in a wide range of global jurisdictions, with particular expertise in Latin America, and with Bermuda form arbitrations.

Tim Brentnall, Senior Partner at Elborne Mitchell, said: ‘We are delighted to welcome a lawyer of David’s calibre into the team. He has a well-established reputation as a first-class litigator, and brings a wealth of international expertise to our clients. We pride ourselves in recruiting the best talent in the industry, and his appointment further cements Elborne Mitchell as a leading global player in reinsurance and insurance dispute resolution.’

David said: ‘Elborne Mitchell is a heavyweight in the field of insurance dispute resolution so I’m thrilled to be adding my own experience to their already very talented team. I am very much looking forward to working with Tim and the rest of the firm.’

Elborne Mitchell is a specialist law firm based in the City of London. Its primary areas of expertise are reinsurance, shipping, energy, aviation and banking law, and it routinely handles all matters in the London Commercial Court or International Commercial Arbitration.