Duncan Strachan

Duncan Strachan is an insurance and reinsurance coverage and defence lawyer. He specialises in advising the international reinsurance markets on complex losses and disputes. Duncan has particular expertise in Latin America and the Caribbean, due to his familiarity with the Civil and Commercial Codes, litigation procedure, and regulatory issues.

Duncan's recent and current experience includes:
• Representing London reinsurers in relation to the environmental impact of large oil spillages across Latin America, most notably in Peru, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.
• Advising insurers on complex casualty claims often involving multiple jurisdictions and international conflict of laws issues.
• Managing the response to the LaMia air disaster in Bolivia on behalf of the accident and health insurers.

Duncan is fluent in Spanish and also works in written Portuguese.  Duncan spent six months working in the Miami reinsurance market in 2017.  He regularly works with local offices across Latin America, the Caribbean and the US to manage exposures to complex losses on behalf of the London and Miami reinsurance markets.  Duncan's experience also includes drafting environmental impairment liability, D&O and cyber wordings for Latin America on behalf of insurers in London and the US.

Duncan is a ranked lawyer in Chambers Global and Latin America,-wide, where clients comment that “The way he deconstructs an argument is very analytical" and "He is fully aware of commercial realities and is someone I would describe as a safe pair of hands."

Duncan qualified in 2006 and joined DAC Beachcroft in 2018.