John Riihiluoma is a partner and Bermuda Team Leader of the Commercial Litigation team and a member of the Insolvency & Restructuring team within the Litigation 7 Insolvency department. He joined Appleby in April 1997 as a partner.
John's practice includes reinsurance disputes, directors and officers’ liability actions and other professional negligence claims. Certain of the directors and officers’ liability and professional negligence claims he has handled have arisen in the context of insurance company insolvencies.
Recently, John earned a ‘Leading’ rating for Dispute Resolution in the PLC Which Lawyer? Individual Recommendation league. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, and has acted as counsel in arbitrations and as an arbitrator. Chambers Global 2012 described John as 'a leading contentious and corporate litigator' who 'has recently been very active with many trust cases' while clients have described him as having a 'quiet and restrained delivery' that 'belies a very sharp line.'
John's practice includes reinsurance disputes, directors and officers’ liability actions and other professional negligence claims. Certain of the directors and officers’ liability and professional negligence claims he has handled have arisen in the context of insurance company insolvencies.
Recently, John earned a ‘Leading’ rating for Dispute Resolution in the PLC Which Lawyer? Individual Recommendation league. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, and has acted as counsel in arbitrations and as an arbitrator. Chambers Global 2012 described John as 'a leading contentious and corporate litigator' who 'has recently been very active with many trust cases' while clients have described him as having a 'quiet and restrained delivery' that 'belies a very sharp line.'