Chambers and Partners, publisher of leading guides to the legal profession, has top-ranked Appleby’s Bermuda Insurance and Dispute Resolution practice teams in Chambers Global Guide.

Appleby’s insurance team, led globally and in Bermuda by partner Timothy Faries, secured the Band 1 spot again in Chambers for 2014.

Chambers cited the firm’s Insurance practice for “its deep bench of pre-eminent insurance lawyers, breadth of expertise and a global network of offices” and the team’s “strong focus on non-contentious insurance matters”, handling “some of the largest M&A transactions in the market and has a significant proportion of insurance and reinsurance regulatory and structuring work.”

The firm’s Bermuda Dispute Resolution team, led by Bermuda Managing Partner and Bermuda Group Head of Litigation & Insolvency Kiernan Bell, is also ranked again in Band 1 by Chambers for attracting a considerable number of cross-border matters including trusts disputes, insurance and reinsurance cases, and commercial and funds litigation.

Chambers lauded the Dispute Resolution team for strengths highlighted by clients, which included “very responsive … smart, practical … efficient …” and their market standing as “the go-to firm in the offshore world”.

“We are extremely pleased that Chambers continues to acknowledge our Insurance team as the only Band 1 practice in Bermuda” Mr Faries said. “This is clearly a testament to the team’s deep expertise and first rate service, and this recognition is especially rewarding given Bermuda’s stellar offshore reputation, particularly in the insurance and reinsurance market, as one of the world’s largest insurance centres and having emerged as a leading provider of insurance linked securities.”

Notable Appleby practitioners ranked by Chambers include Timothy Faries, Brad Adderley, Alan Bossin, John Wasty, Kiernan Bell, John Riihiluoma, John Wasty, Keith Robinson and Martin Ouwehand.

Chambers have been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, and now covers 185 jurisdictions throughout the world.