Anna is a disputes specialist, and acts on complex, high-value international arbitration and commercial litigation matters. She has particular expertise in insurance coverage and energy and natural resources disputes, taking a hands-on, tailored approach to every case to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients with minimum business and reputational disruption.
Anna has particular expertise in insurance coverage, with over 10 years’ experience representing policyholders in high-value claims under “Bermuda Form” excess liability policies. Anna represents some of the world’s largest companies, helping them resolve complex insurance coverage disputes relating to all types of liabilities, including product liabilities, mass tort and environmental claims. Anna has a successful track record prosecuting arbitrations in London against Bermuda and London market insurers, securing substantial recoveries for her clients. She represents policyholders before all the major arbitral institutions, as well as the English courts.
Anna regularly advises clients in the energy and natural resources sectors. Early in her career she worked in-house at the oil major Petrobras in Brazil, where she handled disputes, investigations and ESG-related risks. She has since acted for and against international energy and mining companies in disputes around the globe involving environmental damage, breach of contract and warranty, fraud, corruption and ESG. She speaks regularly on topics including greenwashing and supply chain disputes.
Anna also has a broad commercial litigation practice, including civil fraud, financial services disputes, investor and shareholder claims, and post-M&A disputes.
Anna is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Background
Anna graduated from the University of Oxford. She joined Enyo Law in 2015, having previously trained and worked in the London and Madrid offices of a major City firm.
Insurance
- Representing one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a series of London-based arbitrations against multiple insurers under Bermuda Form policies. The high-value arbitrations relate to coverage for personal injury and property damage arising from mass tort and long-tail environmental liabilities in the United States.
- Representing a large multinational in a series of high-value London-based Bermuda Form arbitrations seeking recoveries for alleged property damage and personal injury claims relating to a well-known herbicide.
- Representing a US multinational in a series of London-based Bermuda Form arbitrations relating to claims brought by individuals, municipalities and public authorities alleging personal injury and property damage arising from the use of the client’s products in the US. The insurance claims total more than US$1 billion.
- Acting for a US manufacturing giant in three insurance recovery arbitrations relating to claims brought by groups of individuals, local councils and public authorities in the UK. The high-value claims include allegations of property damage and personal injury arising from construction issues and claims for extensive building remediation.
- Advising and assisting a large US manufacturer on its coverage position under English law foreign liability policy relating to ongoing product liability cases in European and US commercial courts concerning one of the company’s best-selling products.
- Advising European engineering company on an insurance coverage dispute under a professional indemnity policy relating to allegedly faulty equipment supplied to a client in Argentina.
Energy & Natural Resources
- Acted for a UK company in a multi-million dollar claim against an international mining company involving allegations of fraud and corruption connected to mining operations in Sierra Leone.
- Advising an international mining company in a multi-party, high-value dispute involving allegations of environmental damage, breach of contract and fraud.
- Acted for a renewable energy business in relation to technical disputes arising out of EPC and Operating and Maintenance Agreements for solar parks in the UK.
Commercial Litigation
- Represented a FTSE 100 company in a £100 million class action brought by investors alleging that statements in investment prospectuses were untrue or misleading.
- Represented a former director of a FTSE 100 financial services company in defence of allegations of breach of contract, negligence and fraud.
- Acted for the sellers in a multi-million pound private equity transaction, defending allegations that they had committed fraud to inflate the deal price.
- Acted for the former Chairman of Deutsche Bank in his successful defence of claims that he was required to account to a Canadian green energy fund for alleged secret profits exceeding US$100 million, including hidden interests in South Texan oilfields.
- Acted for the Bank of Portugal in a successful jurisdictional challenge before the UK Supreme Court relating to decisions taken in connection with the collapse of Banco Espírito Santo and the formation of Novo Banco. Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund & Ors v Novo Banco S.A. [2018] UKSC 34.
- Member, Arbitral Women
- Member, LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
- University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership
