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Year of Call: 1982
Education: BA Hons in law
Email: richardastor@astorlaw.com
Website: www.astorlaw.com
Areas of practice
Richard is a specialist in insurance, reinsurance and insolvency
law, with a particular interest in insurance insolvency. He has
a wide knowledge of London insurance markets, in particular Lloyd’s,
as well as Equitas Re and Equitas Ltd.
Richard also practices in the field of commercial arbitration,
and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Affiliations
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute (Contributing Editor, ABI Journal )
International Associate, American Bar Association
Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
Member, Editorial Board, Tolley's Insolvency Law & Practice
Academic
Visiting Fellow, Kingston University (Faculty of Business and Law)
Visiting Professor, George Washington University, Washington DC (1990)
Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School (1986-7)
Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington DC (1986-8)
Inns of Court School of Law (1981-2)
Kent University (1979-81; BA hons. Law 1981)
London University (School of Slavonic and East European Studies; 1978-1979).
Books
Astor's Principles of Insurance Insolvency Law (due 2006; ISBN 1 873994 61 3)
Astor's Insolvency at Lloyd's & Equitas Re, 2nd Ed. (due 2006; ISBN 1 873994 90 7)
Astor's Law of Lloyd's, 2nd Ed. (due 2006; ISBN 1 873994 41 9)
Astor's Insolvency at Lloyd's & Equitas Re (June 2004; ISBN 1 873994 76 1)
Astor's Equitas Re Handbook (August 2002; ISBN 1 873994 26 5)
Lloyd's Membership: A Guide to Law and Practice (looseleaf, 1991-2; ISBN 1 873994 00 1)
Public Procurement in Europe: How EC Rules will open up New Cross-Border Markets (1991; ISBN 0 85058 523 6)
Aneurysm Rupture: Types, Prediction and Prevention - With An Introduction by Professor M. David Tilson III MD (in preparation; ISBN 1 873994 51 6)
Articles
- Equitas Re: Shortchanging of Corporate America Made Easy -- Part II: What To Do About It (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, vol. 25, no. 5, June 2006)
- Equitas Re: Shortchanging of Corporate America Made Easy -- Part I: How Equitas Re Gets Away With It (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, May 2006)
- Meltdown at Lloyd's: New Law, Old Problems (Tolley's Insolvency Law & Practice, December 2005, vol. 21, no. 6, p.191)
- UK Solvent Schemes of Arrangement: Insurance Creditors and the Court Finally Bite Back (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, vol. 24, no. 7, September 2005)
- Ripples from across The Pond (JTW News, Dec 04-Jan 05, Issue 91, p.23-24)
- English Insurance Insolvency: 2004 Year-End Review (American Bankruptcy Institute, December 2004; posted on www.globalinsolvency.com, December 2004)
- Insurance Insolvency: Lawyer Opportunities in London (ABI Business Reorganization Committee News (Subcommittee on Insurance, Construction & Surety), Vol. 1, #1, November 2004)
- Lloyd's of London: The Curious Case of the Wilson Notice (American Bankruptcy Institute, October 2004; posted on www.globalinsolvency.com, October 19, 2004)
- Lloyd's of London: The Curious Case of Equitas Re (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, vol. 23, no. 8, October 2004, p.32)
- Meltdown at Lloyd's: A Few Topical Issues (American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, vol. 23, no. 7, September 2004, p.38)
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (JTW News, April 2004, Issue 84, p.18)
- Liability on an Insurance Contract Made at Lloyd's (New York State Bar Association's Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal, Winter 2004, vol. 33, no. 1, p.18)
- 'Equitas Under English Law': An English Lawyer Replies (August 2003; at www.astorlaw.com)
- Learning The Lingo (JTW News, May 2003, Issue 75, p.12)
- Time To Get Real (JTW News, March 2003, Issue 73, p.16)
- Lloyd's 101 (ABA TIPS The Brief, Fall 2000, p.22)
- Lloyd's and Equitas: Some Myths Demolished and Some Mistakes Corrected (American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Committee News, Summer 2000, p.6; also in Coverage (ABA Section of Litigation, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation), vol.9, no.6 (November-December 1999), p.1)
- East European Procurement: A Personal View (European Bank for Reconstruction & Development's Law in Transition, April 1994)
- EC Bid Protest Procedure: The 'Remedies Directive' (ABA IPC Report, vol. 6, no. 1, October 1991)
- The EC Source Selection Regime: Quick Introduction (ABA Public Contract Newsletter, Summer 1991, vol. 26, p.6)
- The Remedies Directive: Introduction and Selective Summary (International Business Lawyer, May 1991, p.247)
- The Utilities Directive: Introduction and Selective Summary (International Business Lawyer, January 1991, p.18).
Recent Speaking
- June 5, 2006: Merseyside Asbestosis Victims Support Group Conference, Liverpool: Insurance Law and Practice and Lung Disease -- Insurance Law for PI Lawyers
- February 3, 2006: Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Advanced Asbestosis Litigation Conference: Lloyd's of London and Equitas: What Every Asbestos Litigator Needs to Know plus Insurance Issues for PI Lawyers
- November 2, 2005: RJA - Field Fisher Waterhouse Roundtable, Insurance Insolvency Law and Practice: The Basics
- September 27, 2005: RJA - Field Fisher Waterhouse Roundtable, Official Meltdown at Lloyd's: The newInsurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd's) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1998)
- August 22, 2005: BBC TV News 24 World Business Report (insolvency of Gate Gourmet)
- June 7, 2005: RJA - Field Fisher Waterhouse Roundtable, Personal Liability of Lloyd's Brokers: Some Issues You May Have Missed
- April 16, 2005: Channel 4 TV News (insolvency of MG-Rover)
- April 15, 2005: Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) Insurance Insolvency Masterclass: insolvency at Lloyd's, of Equitas Re, and in the London company market
- April 14, 2005: AstorLawDirect Crash Course on the MG-Rover Administration for journalists
- April 8, 2005: BBC TV News 24 World Business Report (insolvency of MG-Rover)
- November 8, 2004: AstorLawDirect seminar, Spitzer and the London Insurance Market for journalists
- November 2, 2004: BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' program (Spitzer investigation of insurance brokers)
- October 28, 2004: BBC Radio 4 'Today' program (Spitzer investigation of insurance brokers)
September 17, 2004: Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) Insurance Insolvency Masterclass: insolvency at Lloyd's, of Equitas Re, and in the London company market
- June 3, 2004: Astor's Insolvency at Lloyd's and Equitas Re book launch seminar, London
- March 2004: Fourth Equitas Roundtable, Washington DC (in association with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP): co-organiser; speaker: see www.insurance-intelligence.net
- November 2003: San Diego Bar Association, Insurance and Bad Faith Section meeting: principal speaker
- November 2003: Equitas Claims Roadmap Workshop, Jonathan Club, Los Angeles: organiser; principal speaker
- June 2003: Equitas Claims Roadmap Workshop, 1350 I Street Conference Center, Washington DC: organiser; principal speaker
- September 2002: Equitas Claims Roadmap Workshop, Harvard Club, New York: organiser; principal speaker
- May 2002: Lloyd's & Equitas 2002 Conference, Chicago (sponsored by ABA Litigation Section's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, and Illinois State Bar Association): organiser; speaker
- May 2001: Lloyd's & Equitas 2001 Conference, Chicago (sponsored by ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Seation's Excess, Surplus Lines & Reinsurance Committee): organiser; speaker
- March 2001: ABA Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Mid-Year Meeting, Tucson AZ ('London Market Issues and Update')
Extracurricular
Executive Director, Foundation for Aneurysm Rupture Research, New York.
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