Nilam Sharma is a lawyer who specialises in liability insurance and insurance policy coverage disputes relating to Directors & Officers; Warranty & Indemnity; Financial Institutions; Commercial Crime; Professional Negligence; Life Insurance, and General Liability insurance policies.
Nilam is a dual US/UK qualified active practising US attorney and is one of a small number of dual-qualified lawyers based in the UK that can advise on US/UK litigation having lived and practised US law in the US prior to returning to the UK. Nilam has also lived and worked in Asia, the Middle East, South America and Europe and is known to be able to bridge the cultural gap which often arises when working on multijurisdictional liability insurance disputes.
Recognition
Recognised by Who’s Who Legal for Insurance and Reinsurance 2023
Listed as a Leading Practitioner in Who’s Who Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers Guide for 2015-2016, 2019, 2020-2022
Recognised by The Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation 2017–2018
Recognised by The Legal 500 Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation 2017
Recommended by Clients and Peers for the ABA “Achievement in Legal Excellence Award 2016”
Nominated by clients and peers for Advisen’s Directors and Officers Lawyer of the Year Award for Europe 2015
“Leading financial institutions lawyer. ”
The Legal 500 2016
“Astute. ”
The Legal 500 2014
“Excellent.”
The Legal 500 2014
Nilam qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2015, she worked at the following firms:
