Lyndsay Garnica is a Senior Associate in the Mexico City office, with almost 2 decades of experience in complex insurance and reinsurance claims. Her practice focuses on advising international insurers and reinsurers on large-scale losses and high-value disputes, including aviation and maritime Claims, catastrophic infrastructure failures, environmental liabilities, Natural Disasters and other complex losses.

She has developed deep technical and regulatory expertise in policy coverage analysis, crisis management, and cross-border litigation strategy. Lyndsay regularly acts as lead counsel or coordinating lawyer in sensitive matters involving confiscation of aircrafts, products liability, and claims under D&O, energy, casualty, and war risk policies.

She is particularly recognised for her work in pre-litigation strategy and reinsurance defence, especially in cases involving systemic risk, illicit interference, and Military /National Security-related exposures. Lyndsay also mentors young professionals and develops internal training programs on specialty lines and international claims handling.

Featured experience:

• Advised authorities on the handling of a complex space risk claim involving debris re-entry, environmental contamination, and unauthorized foreign vessel recovery activity. Assessed liability, and reinsurance implications under international and domestic frameworks.

• Led Defence strategy in a multi-jurisdictional claim involving offshore environmental and critical infrastructure collapse linked to failure of assets insured under a tailor-made policy.

• Handled complex aviation claims arising from multi-victim plane crash with significant surface damage in a major urban area, including high profile passengers.

• Led National, cross-border training and strategic workshops on crisis management and complex claims resolution involving aviation, maritime, space and energy sectors.