Robert Warner
Director, London
With nearly 20 years of experience in litigation insurance and finance, Robert Warner is one of the UK’s most seasoned and respected brokers in the field. He currently serves as Head of Broking Operations at TheJudge, where he leads on the placement of complex litigation funding and insurance arrangements for a global client base, including elite law firms, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, and corporates.
Robert’s expertise spans a wide range of risk-transfer solutions across the UK, Europe, the US, and offshore jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands. He is widely regarded as a specialist in structuring multi-layered ATE insurance and litigation funding solutions, including creative portfolio arrangements, subscription-based risk transfer frameworks, and bespoke contingent insurance placements.
Before joining TheJudge in 2016, Robert held senior underwriting roles at a leading litigation insurer, culminating in his appointment as underwriting manager. This dual experience as both broker and underwriter gives him rare insight into the decision-making dynamics of litigation insurers and funders — allowing him to anticipate objections, structure proposals for optimal approval, and significantly reduce transaction timelines.
Robert is particularly experienced in:
International arbitration (including ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, and LCIA matters)
Competition and antitrust litigation, including landmark cases in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal
High-profile insolvency and restructuring disputes, including one of the UK’s most significant corporate failures in decades
Judgment monetisation and preservation, especially through contingent insurance and finance strategies
He has successfully placed some of the market’s most sophisticated products, including Judgment Preservation Insurance (JPI), award monetisation strategies, and contingent portfolio risk transfer structures backed by litigation recoveries or law firm WIP.
Notable highlights of his recent work include:
Structuring and placing insurance for the first-ever amalgamation of competing claims in the CAT
Drafting and executing a £7.5m insurance wrapper to protect a portfolio of commercial disputes
Placing a $3.5m litigation insurance policy for a client pursuing damages from a price-fixing cartel
Completing a £5.5m ATE placement for a liquidator within just 26 days
Monetising a £7.2m wrongful trading claim against former directors
Placing dozens of arbitration-related indemnities for proceedings seated around the world
Robert is a regular contributor to leading publications on litigation finance, including Corporate Rescue & Insolvency (LexisNexis), and has written widely on topics such as adverse costs cover, security for costs, insolvency monetisation, and competition litigation finance.
He is a recognised thought leader in the evolution of litigation risk transfer and continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in this fast-developing sector.