John Barlow

About John

John is a Partner in HFW’s Dubai office where he heads the Middle East Financial Institutions (including Trade Finance/Credit) and Regulatory Insurance Practice.
 
John advises the broad swathe of financial institutions, insurers and brokers with regard to insurance policies covering bank risk and on all regulatory issues. He advises on the selling of financial products and admission of insurers and brokers on to the DIFC and ADGM platforms and John also advises on captive set ups.

John is a leading specialist when it comes to trade finance and credit insurance policies and advises banks, insurers, reinsurers and ECAs on complaint policies enabling banks to obtain regulatory capital relief as well as promoting investment into the GCC Region. 
 
A dispute resolution specialist, John advises clients with their fidelity, computer crime, D&O, PI/Civil Liability and cyber liability programmes, and on claims that arise under these products. He has handled and settled many of the most significant global claims to find their way into the London insurance and reinsurance market over the last two decades.