LitigateSMART Wotton + Kearney

LitigateSMART
A better way to approach major litigation within your claims portfolios

Recognising that insurers and clients take a sophisticated approach to defending large-scale litigation, an exceptional team of partners and associates joined us from other top tier law firms. Collectively, they bring some of the country’s best defence expertise across Investigations & Inquiries, Class Actions and D&O Defence.

The best
insurance
law minds

Top tier
litigation bench
strength

A new dual offering

By combining this litigation bench strength with our insurance subject matter experts, we have created an offering where:

the defence will be run by a specialist team, which has the tactical and litigation management skills required to achieve the best commercial outcome
clients will continue to be supported by an insurance subject matter expert, who has specific knowledge of the industry and insurance product involved.

This dual approach offers the best of both worlds to insurers and insureds in class actions, major litigation and multi-party proceedings.

You have the weight of the best litigators + the best insurance lawyers in your corner

Genuine defence expertise

We understand the nuances of running complex claims involving large numbers of parties and volumes of documents. We have experience in defending large-scale litigation across a broad range of industries and technical legal issues.

Market-leading insurance expertise

We know the issues relevant to advising the local and London insurance markets and the important dynamic between insurers and their corporate customers and brokers. We are well-placed to leverage the benefits of our strong relationship working with adjusters and the policy participants to provide a coordinated wholistic service.

A tailored litigation management approach

At the outset of a matter we will work with insurers and insureds to determine the most effective approach to the management of the matter, including an agreed communication plan to ensure relevant stakeholders are kept up to date.

Capacity and scale

We have a dedicated commercial litigation team of more than 20 lawyers, including a number of class actions specialists with defence and plaintiff experience. In addition to that, there is a pool of more than 350 highly experienced dispute resolution lawyers, we have the depth of talent to support any document intensive applications or claims, backed by innovative eDiscovery technology.