Meet Lockton's Contingent and Litigation Risk Team
Meet the Contingent and Litigation Risk Team
Alexander Rayner
Vice President
United Kingdom
Alexander joined Lockton in June 2022. Prior to joining Lockton, Alexander worked in the contingent legal risk team of another international broker. Alexander started his career in private practice, working for five years at the London office of Kirkland & Ellis, where he trained and qualified into the arbitration and litigation team. Today, he advises clients on contingent and legal risk insurance solutions.
Harry Blakelock
Partner
United Kingdom
London
Harry heads the UK Transactional Risks Practice having joined Lockton in January 2014. Before joining Lockton, he worked for a large M&A underwriter in both the US and the UK. Today, he advises clients on a wide range of transactions across multiple jurisdictions and sectors specialising in Warranty & Indemnity Insurance and other transactional risk related insurance products.
Neo Combarro
Partner
United Kingdom
Neo leads the Lockton PECAP division and draws on 20 years of transactional and financial services expertise when tailoring insurance to his clients’ needs. He advises clients on Transactional and Contingent insurance, Professional Lines insurance, and Structured and Alternative Risks Transfer solutions. His experience includes structuring large soft capital solutions for financial institutions and accessing international markets in North America,
Bermuda, Europe and Asia. Neo speaks Spanish.
George Apperly
Vice President
United Kingdom
George joined the UK Transactional Risks Practice at Lockton in January 2015. Before joining Lockton, he helped start the Transactional Risks practice at another broking firm in London. Today, he advises clients across Real Estate, Private Equity, Corporates, Infrastructure and Secondaries investors helping them utilise insurance products to protect their transactions, operations and assets.
Mathew Bond
Senior Vice President & Head of Tax
United Kingdom
Mat joined Lockton in January 2020 and is our tax lead, specialising ininsurance for tax specific items arising on corporate transactions. Prior to joining Lockton, Mat worked for international accountancy firms PwC and Mazars for over 15 years where he specialised in advising privately owned businesses and individuals on both corporate and personal tax matters.
Ross Lima
Senior Vice President
United Kingdom
Ross joined Lockton in 2022 as Senior Vice President in the Transactional Risks department. Ross spent 9 years at Shell where he acted as Senior Legal Counsel and led strategic M&A deals. Ross has extensive Energy experience, working across a breadth of specialisms including Trading, Projects, Infrastructure and Shipping, across both Upstream and Downstream sectors. Prior to Shell, Ross was an associate in the corporate team at Fieldfisher.