When facing a professional indemnity claim, you need advisers who understand the risks to your business, reputation, and career. Our experienced team puts your needs first - providing practical guidance and robust defence against negligence claims, however complex or high-profile.
Whether your concerns involve regulatory investigations, parallel proceedings, or challenging coverage issues, we help you navigate every step with clarity and confidence.
We act for a wide range of professionals—including accountants, actuaries, architects, bankers, brokers, engineers, financial advisors, media professionals, lawyers, surveyors, and valuers—bringing sector-specific knowledge and proven strategies to protect your interests. Our team includes partners who are recognised leaders in lawyers’ and accountants’ liability, offering the highest level of expertise for your profession.
Our global reach ensures we can manage claims wherever they arise, working seamlessly with local counsel to address jurisdiction-specific requirements and secure optimal outcomes. You benefit from our dual perspective: we act for both claimants and defendants, including major insurers, providing balanced, strategic advice in an increasingly regulated environment.
Clients choose us for our unrivalled experience, innovative technology solutions, and commitment to achieving the best results—discreetly and efficiently—so you can focus on what matters most.
Experience
We are trusted advisers to some of the largest accountancy firms worldwide, including two of the “Big 4.” Our team members bring valuable insight from their own experience working in-house or on secondment with major accountancy firms. This background gives us a unique perspective on the challenges facing the sector and the commercial realities of resolving them.
We act for and against solicitors, spanning the range of commercial activity undertaken by Magic Circle and City Firms.
We act as Insurers Representative on big ticket claims against professional services organisations around the world.
For further information please see our Insurance page.
We act for bodies which set standards for the professions and for those who transgress them. We represent individuals in relation to investigations by regulators and others into alleged irregularities.
We have an enviable track record in acting for and against auction houses and art dealers, including in relation to issues concerning provenance, title and attribution of works of fine art.
For further information please see our Art & Cultural Property page.
We act for claimants and defendants in substantial claims against architects, surveyors and engineers arising out of design, construction and valuation of property.
Awards and Recognition
"The team has an excellent understanding of the business and good knowledge of the relevant law, and is excellent on strategy."
Stephenson Harwood’s "experienced team" is "very switched on, very able" and provides "excellent commercial advice" for claimants and defendants across a range of professional negligence disputes.
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