Virginia Hickley
Partner and Head of Financial Claims. Virginia has specialised in insurance litigation with a professional indemnity bias since qualifying and the majority of her work involves defending claims against financial professionals on behalf of their professional indemnity insurers. She has also drafted policy wordings and advises on policy coverage. Her focus is predominantly on financial lines work (accountants, auditors, IFAs, finance brokers, hedge fund managers, trustees, pensions administrators) and defending solicitors’ claims. However, since qualifying in 1998 she has defended a wide range of professionals and claims of all values and levels of complexity. Her current caseload includes claims against solicitors, accountants, trustees, fund managers, pension administrators, brokers and independent financial advisers. The claims range in value from £100,000 to several million pounds. Virginia also advises underwriters on claims against French insureds, liaising with French lawyers and reporting to UK insurers. · Mills & Reeve LLP
About
Partner and Head of Financial Claims at Mills & Reeve LLP, specialising in insurance litigation with a professional indemnity bias since qualifying in 1998. She defends financial professionals for professional indemnity insurers, drafts policy wordings and advises on coverage, handles claims from roughly £100,000 to several million and advises underwriters on claims involving French insureds.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Cheltenham Ladies' College, Gloucestershire
- University of Reading — French and History of Art (1992)
- College of Law, York — CPE and LPC (1993-95)
Admissions
- Solicitor (qualified 1998)