Insurance and Reinsurance

Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance

Justyn qualified as a lawyer in London in 1994 and moved to Singapore in 1999. He became a partner of DLA Piper in Singapore in 2004. He co-chairs DLA Piper's global arbitration group. Justyn specialises in insurance and reinsurance, oil and gas, energy and construction industry arbitrations, which he has conducted under ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and BANI Rules in London, Paris and throughout Asia. Justyn has been named as a leading individual in arbitration and litigation in Singapore in the 2000 to 2007 editions of the Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Justyn's experience includes acting on behalf of insurers and reinsurers in respect of property damage and business interruption claims arising out of damage to hotels and resorts resulting from the December 2004 tsunami; acting on behalf of the public liability insurers of an international dredging consortium in respect of liability actions arising out of large scale recalamation works; acting on behalf of insurers and reinsurers of an international construction company in a subrogated action against the designers of a multi story office building; acting on behalf of insurers of banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions in connection with claims brought under directors and officers and financial lines insurance policies.

Justyn is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Regional Panel of Arbitrators.

Commercial Arbitration

Extract from 2008 International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers

Justyn qualified as a lawyer in London in 1994 and moved to Singapore in 1999. He became a partner of DLA Piper in Singapore in 2004. He co-chairs DLA Piper's global arbitration group. Justyn specialises in insurance and reinsurance, oil and gas, energy and construction industry arbitrations, which he has conducted under ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and BANI Rules in London, Paris and throughout Asia. Justyn has been named as a leading individual in arbitration and litigation in Singapore in the 2000 to 2007 editions of the Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Justyn's experience includes acting on behalf of insurers and reinsurers in respect of property damage and business interruption claims arising out of damage to hotels and resorts resulting from the December 2004 tsunami; owners of a port facility in connection with a claim against the construction and design engineers of a jetty and berth facility in Pattaya, Thailand; owners of a petrochemical facility against the design and procurement contractor of the petrochemical facility in Cilegon, Indonesia; a design and build contractor in connection with a claim against the engineering designer for damage to an office building in Singapore (UNCITRAL Rules: Singapore seat); international joint venture dredging contractor in connection with a public liability claim in Singapore (UNCITRAL Rules: Singapore seat).

Justyn is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Regional Panel of Arbitrators.