"Celso has a strong background in insurance/reinsurance issues, and is a very responsive team-player whose tactical mind anticipates practical problems. His knowledge of insurance and reinsurance matters is truly impressive in several lines of insurance business, and he is great at getting to the heart of the problem and making complex issues straightforward. " Legal 500 2021 - Leading Juniors - Insurance and Reinsurance - London Bar
Celso De Azevedo
- Barrister, England and Wales (1997)
- Attorney, New York (2002)
Celso De Azevedo (FCIArb) has over 20 years’ experience specialising in complex and high value international re/insurance, cyber and commercial disputes. He is the author of “Cyber Risks Insurance – Law and Practice” and “Walmsley on Business Interruption Insurance” (2nd Ed). Celso is also qualified as a New York Attorney and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Fluent: Portuguese and Spanish.
Celso has a broad international commercial practice with recognised expertise in reinsurance, cyber insurance, cybersecurity, data breach, cryptocurrency, fraud, asset tracing and business interruption insurance law as well as regulatory investigations, comprising both advisory and contentious work.
Areas of experience
- Asset Recovery
- Civil Fraud
- Commercial Litigation
- Conflict of Laws/Jurisdiction
- Commodities
- Cyber
- Energy
- Insolvency
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Commercial Litigation
- Privacy, Media and IP
- Regulatory
- Technology