Nicholas G. Hill Partner

Experience

• Assisted clients in numerous confidential matters in the pursuit of insurance recovery for first- and third-party losses under crime, cyber, CGL, EPL, D&O, E&O, hull & machinery, product recall, property, and RWI policies.
• Representing Xerox Corporation, a Fortune 500 print and digital document company, in insurance recovery litigation under a D&O policy regarding underlying lawsuits arising from proposed M&A transaction.
• Representing Prime Healthcare Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers, in insurance recovery litigation under management liability policies for multimillion-dollar losses incurred in underlying qui tam False Claims Act litigation.
• Representing private equity fund in RWI recovery arbitration arising from misrepresentations in transaction agreement relating to financial statements.
• Representing large energy company in insurance recovery arbitration under a D&O policy regarding underlying lawsuit arising from Delaware derivative litigation.
• Representing private equity portfolio company in insurance recovery litigation under commercial property policy.
• Representation of bank holding company in current and prior insurance coverage disputes involving bankers professional liability (E&O) and D&O coverages for claims arising class action litigation involving professional and/or lending services, patent litigation, and government investigations and proceedings.
• Representing private equity portfolio company / beauty products company in an insurance recovery dispute involving over $100 million of primary CGL and excess / umbrella liability policies relating to insurance coverage issues arising from 1,000+ underlying cases filed against insured in multi-district litigation (MDL).
• Represented Fortune 500 pulp and paper company in insurance recovery and indemnification litigation as an additional insured under a CGL policy, including defeating insurer’s motion to dismiss bad faith claim and client’s status as an additional insured under excess liability policy.
• Representation of a multinational beverage corporation in various insurance recovery matters, including under cyber/data privacy, political risk, and CGL lines of coverages.
• Represented multinational beverage corporation in a federal court lawsuit against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s for business interruption losses incurred in Nepal under a political risk insurance policy.
• Obtained precedent-setting decision regarding D&O defense costs allocation for one of the largest providers of short-term and long-term health care services in the U.S., in insurance recovery litigation for multi-million dollar losses incurred in underlying New York litigation.
• Represented a bank holding company in multiple insurance recovery litigation matters involving bankers professional liability (E&O) and D&O coverages for claims arising, in part, from the 2008 credit crisis, as well as other financial-related litigation.
• Represented real estate investment company in insurance recovery litigation under run-off and go-forward D&O policies for losses incurred in underlying litigation relating to international real estate development project.
• Represented chemical manufacturing company in post-merger litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• Represented Fortune 50 company in defense of false claims act litigation relating to sales and use tax.
• Won motion to dismiss for the world’s largest equipment rental company in a putative nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud claims.
• Represented a Canadian cigarette manufacturing company in litigation in San Francisco state court brought by a former subsidiary seeking to recover more than $1 billion on claims of fraudulent conveyance, illegal dividends, and alter ego arising out of inter-corporate transfers.