Awards and Rankings
Hogan Lovells recognized as Best Insurance Law Firm in Spain in 2020 by Expansión Jurídico
30 September 2020
PartnerMadrid
Email luisalfonso.fernandez@hoganlovells.com
Phone +34 91 349 82 00
Fax +34 91 349 82 01
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment
"Outstanding individual"
Chambers Europe 2019
Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano is the Head of the Spanish Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and the Product Liability Practice Groups in our Madrid office, dealing with Iberian and Latin American matters in close cooperation with other offices. He is also the Head of the Madrid Litigation Practice.
Luis Alfonso consistently exhibits a great depth and breadth of experience in litigation with regards to insurance matters, tort law, insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes, claims handling, industrial losses, aviation claims, professional liability, medmal, D&O, cyber risks and financial lines in general.
Luis Alfonso is also a highly regarded specialist in reinsurance contracts and practice and on the regulatory aspects of the insurance and reinsurance industry, such as policy wording, insurance distribution agreements, insurtech, social benefits and pensions regulation. He is also an expert in the design and implementation of surety bonds facilities for international (mainly LatAm) PPP (P3) projects.
Luis is a regular contributor of articles concerning insurance contracts and practice, insurance regulation and co-author of books about liability issues and Insurance Law in Spain. He is a Professor of Insurance Law and Tort Law at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE).
Chambers Europe 2020 reports "Superb lawyer... Sources hail him as "a strong litigator". Chambers Europe 2017 also noted "He is a master, he´s brilliant and he´s a lovely guy to work with. The kind of lawyer I would love to have on my side".
Insurance, Spain (Exclusive winner)
Client Choice Awards
Band 1 for Insurance
Chambers Europe
Insurance (Spain), Leading Individuals
Legal 500 EMEA
Insurance (Spain), Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
Best of the Best (Top 30) in Insurance and Reinsurance
Expert Guides
Recommended Lawyer for Aviation
Expert Guides
Recommended Lawyer for Insurance & Reinsurance
Expert Guides
Recommended Lawyer for Insurance & Reinsurance
Who’s Who Legal
Dispute Resolution, Spain, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
Education
Law Degree, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Advising Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty on several large claims (engineering, industrial risks, etc.)
Acting in Spanish Courts on behalf of Mapfre Global Risks dealing with claims related to a nuclear accident in Asco I Nuclear Power Station
Representing HCC on the Yak-42 (aviation loss) criminal case
Advising UK reinsurers on claims from aviation losses in Spain
Representing Arch, Axa and other insurers in professional liability, E&O, D&O and other financial lines claims
Advising Generali on a reinsurance dispute related to the ALOP coverage of Bocamina II Power Station
Representation of Mapfre Global Risks in a coverage discussion with a reinsurer.
Awards and Rankings
30 September 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
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Hogan Lovells Publications
27 March 2020
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