John Hopper
Partner - Head of Special Situations & Claims

john.hopper@themisunderwriting.com

020 4574 7125

07920 235 722

John is an M&A lawyer (admitted in England and Wales and New York) with many years’ private practice experience at international firms.  John heads our Special Situations practice, which insures against specific, known, non-tax risks.  John also acts as Themis’ Claims Advocate and facilitates the handling of all our Claims.

Ben Price
Senior Underwriter - International

Ben.Price@Themisunderwriting.com

020 7170 3257

07586 486 849

Ben is a chartered accountant and has a number of years’ private practice experience advising on complex M&A and corporate finance matters for institutional and private equity investors across a range of industry sectors. Ben focuses on underwriting W&I, secondary transactions and contingent risk policies in the UK/EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions, while developing Themis’ in-house financial underwriting strategy and expertise.

Chad Wilson
Senior Underwriter - Tax

chad.wilson@themisunderwriting.com

07930 970728

Chad is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Senior Underwriter within our US tax team.  Chad gained extensive M&A tax experience in both the Houston and London offices of a ‘Big 4’, as well as the Dallas office of investment bank. He has experience in a wide array of transaction tax services, including buy and sell-side tax due diligence, troubled company restructuring services, and post-close tax structuring/integration.

Gabriella Eriksen
Senior Underwriter – International

gabriella.eriksen@themisunderwriting.com

020 4574 7129 / +46 8 525 191 00

+46 (0) 732 30 28 28

Gabriella joined Themis as Senior Underwriter and Head of Nordics in June 2023. Prior to joining, Gabriella spent 5 years at one of the ‘Big 4’ in their Sweden Legal Advisory team, advising Private Equity and Corporate clients to structure and close complex transactions across industries. Whilst there, she also spent almost 10 months on secondment as a legal consultant in the Private Capital Transaction Team in Luxembourg. Gabriella works across our W&I international book, with a particular focus on the Nordic and Benelux markets.

Joseph Behm
Senior Underwriter – Tax

joseph.behm@themisunderwriting.com

020 4574 7127

07897 566 558

Joseph is a Charted Accountant with over 12 years M&A tax experience gained within a ‘Big 4’ environment.  Joseph has advised on both SME and multi-national tax deals, with a particular focus on UK and Australia tax matters. Joseph has been with Themis since 2021.

Karishma Joshi
‍Underwriter - Tax

Karishma.Joshi@themisunderwriting.com

+44 20 4574 7123

+44 7375 840807

Karishma joined Themis as an US Tax Underwriter, she is a California Certified Public accountant (CPA) with several years of US tax experience from the San Francisco and London offices of a Big 4 accounting firm. Her experience covers a variety of US tax issues including reporting and advisory services for large private equity, financial services, and real estate firms on inbound and outbound investments.

Martina Proschofsky
Underwriter - International

Martina.Proschofsky@Themisunderwriting.com

020 4574 5217

07897 559 766

Martina is an underwriter within the European W&I team. Her qualifications as an Austrian lawyer (non-practicing) and a solicitor of England and Wales ensures Martina brings a diverse legal background to her role. Before joining Themis, Martina acquired extensive experience as an M&A and Capital Markets lawyer in prominent European and US law firms. Her expertise includes advising corporate and private equity clients, as well as financial institutions, in structuring and successfully closing intricate transactions across industries.

Oliver Giles
Senior Underwriter - US R&W

oliver.giles@themisunderwriting.com

020 4574 7144

07590 984 4659

Oliver has spent several years underwriting M&A insurance at Themis across a variety of jurisdictions and industries. Oliver now focuses on the North American RWI market and leads Themis’ secondary transaction solutions proposition.  Prior to joining Themis, Oliver worked for our parent company, Innovisk and was responsible for the stress testing and modelling of prospective investments.

Pranav Subhedar
Underwriter – Tax

Pranav.Subhedar@themisunderwriting.com

020 3124 6111

07957 910 408

Pranav has been a qualified solicitor since 2021 and has experience advising banks, funds and corporates on a range of cross-border tax concerns. This has included advice in relation to deal structuring, group structuring, fund reorganisation and formation, and finance transactions.

Rosie Griffin
Underwriter – Tax

Rosie.Griffin@themisunderwriting.com

+44 20 4574 7113

+44 7930 970 714

Rosie joined Themis as an International Tax Underwriter. She is a qualified accountant (ACA) and has worked in UK and International Corporate Tax Advisory since 2014. Rosie qualified and worked at one of the ‘Big 4’ in their London M&A Tax team where she advised Private Equity and Corporate clients in mid-market to high value transactions, including share/asset acquisitions, IPO's, public to private transactions and restructurings. Rosie also spent two years on secondment in Barcelona, where she provided both International and Spanish tax advice on M&A transactions.