“I founded Fenchurch Law so that policyholders would be able to access insurance disputes solicitors with the same specialist focus and market knowledge as are available to insurers. We work tirelessly to create an environment where every member of the team can reach their full potential and is committed to the firm’s cause of levelling the playing field for policyholders.” 

David founded Fenchurch Law in 2010, and is the current Senior Partner, having previously been Managing Partner from 2010 to 2024. Fenchurch Law was created out of David’s vision to level the playing field between policyholders and their insurers. It was the first firm in the UK to specialise exclusively in representing policyholders in insurance disputes. He has guided the firm from a start-up to being top ranked in both of the main legal directories, being twice named Insurance Law Firm of the Year, and becoming the first insurance firm to be named Boutique Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards.  

A significant element of David’s new role as Senior Partner involves international expansion. In 2024 he oversaw the launch of the firm’s first two offices outside the UK, in Singapore (serving the APAC region), and in Copenhagen (serving Scandinavia), in addition to the launch of the best friends relationship with leading US policyholder law firm Saxe Doernberger & Vita in early 2025.   

David is one of a handful of lawyers recommended by both Chambers and the Legal 500 for representing policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. He is individually ranked in Band 1 of Chambers & Partners for representing policyholders in insurance disputes and is ranked as a Leading Individual in the UK in that field by Legal 500. Legal 500 says that he is “always thinking one step ahead” and describes him as “a very bright and capable litigator with real tactical nous” and “an incredibly smart and experienced insurance lawyer who is not afraid to go toe-to-toe with anyone in the industry”. Chambers says “David is an absolutely fantastic strategic thinker” and that “he is right at the top of his game and exceptional at what he does.” 

Before founding Fenchurch Law in 2010, David was a Partner in a boutique law firm that specialised in advising insurers in relation to insurance coverage issues and professional indemnity claims. 

David specialises in handling complex and high-value insurance coverage disputes, often related to construction projects, and often with a multi-jurisdictional element. Much of this 

work involves disputes arising under Construction All Risks (‘CAR’) (known in the US as ‘Builder’s Risk’), Professional Indemnity (‘PI’), and Public Liability (‘PL’) policies.   

He also advises policyholders and brokers with regard to cyber insurance wordings and disputes, including identifying gaps and overlaps between cyber and non-cyber insurance programmes and advising in relation to ‘silent cyber’ issues. David represented the policyholder in one of the first major ‘silent cyber’ insurance claims in the London market. 

Since 2010 David has secured hundreds of millions of pounds in recoveries for policyholders whose claims had been wrongly turned down. Recent highlights include acting for: 

• The UK’s largest pub group in a £1bn claim arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

• A state-owned petroleum company in relation to a US$400m claim under its Delay in Start Up Policy (“the Policy”) for losses caused by Covid-19 related construction delays. 

• A property developer on complex Delay in Start-Up (‘DSU’) claims arising from the construction of a landmark building in the City of London. 

• A Tier 1 contractor in relation to a series of insurance related claims and recovery actions worth in excess of £100 million. 

• A core participant to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in relation to its claims under its Public and Employer’s Liability policies. 

• A prominent design & build contractor, recovering more than £75m from its professional indemnity insurers for its post-Grenfell fire-safety exposures. 

David is a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in all Higher Courts in England & Wales, a member of the British Insurance Law Association and the Society of Construction Law, and is a Vice-Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association.  David is also admitted as a Solicitor in the Republic of Ireland.