Alex Guillamont - Partner

Experience

Resolving Spanish/Latin American law intricacies for London clients, and making English law and procedure understandable to Spanish/Latin American clients.
Languages – English, Spanish and French.
Advising underwriters on coverage in relation to pollution risks in non-marine policy.
Expediting debt recoveries and indemnity claims on behalf of underwriters.
Advising underwriters and shipowners on third party liability issues.
Advising on non-contentious matters such as policy and contract wording, and in relation to business opportunities and regulatory issues in hispanic jurisdictions.
Acting for brokers on war risks/mortgagees insurable interest multi-party litigation.
Defending demurrage claims and salvage actions.

Litigation and arbitration work in Spain, Latin America and London.
Investigating war risks and safety of discharge port for an Asian oil major.
Progressing Argentine clients' actions against Lloyd's on life insurance policies.
Advising reinsurers on implications of an alleged scuttling of a ferry in Greece.
Collecting evidence on a safe port and grounding dispute in Venezuela.
Arbitrating against a major grain house on whether "sub details" charterparty was a contract.
Defending demurrage claims in Mexico, Brazil and Sudan.
Defending loss of profit claims for owners and insurers of aircraft lost in the Mediterranean.
Defending and prosecuting carriers on plane crashes in Latin America and the Middle East and debt recovery.
Debt recovery for an oil major regarding aviation fuel sold in European jurisdictions.

Promoter and co-editor of Guide to Insurance and Reinsurance Law in Spain and Latin America, Kennedys 2005, drafted Spanish and English law contributions.
Regular contributor to online insurance and reinsurance newsletter El Dial.

Madrid, Spain

+34 91 523 7210