Matthias has been an insurance lawyer in the City of London for nearly 15 years and joined Keoghs as a partner in 2024. He has wide experience of coverage and defence work and specialises in Financial Institutions, Directors & Officers and Warranty & Indemnity insurance. He has also worked extensively in cyber/privacy insurance.
Bilingual in English and German, Matthias’ work is frequently international in nature and involves multiple jurisdictions and parties around the world. He is especially familiar with dispute resolution in English and German speaking territories.
Matthias has been involved in many of the issues to affect the FI/D&O market in recent years, including issues arising from financial institutions’ subprime exposures and resulting shareholder and regulatory actions; “cum ex” transactions; directors’ breach of fiduciary duty claims with respect to collateral debt obligation portfolios; neglect of significant bad loans in M&A deals involving European financial institutions; and unlawful product and market manipulation. He also has extensive experience of prospectus liability claims.
Matthias is a solicitor of England and Wales and is also admitted in the Republic of Ireland. He holds a Bachelor of Law with German Law and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.
