Expertise

Saleema advises on aviation defense and regulatory matters as well as product liability, insurance and reinsurance disputes. She has high-level experience of competition law as it affects the insurance industry having worked as Senior Legal Adviser at Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Limited in London.

Career

• Senior Legal Adviser, Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Limited, London; 2000-2006.
• Solicitor, Aviation Group, Berwin Leighton, London; 1998-2000.
• Solicitor, Aviation Insurance Department, Cameron McKenna, London; 1996-1998.
• Barrister, Chambers of Peter Heppel QC, London; 1995-1996 and Chambers of Robert Webb QC, London; 1994-1995.

Education

• Solicitor, admitted in England and Wales, 1997.
• Called to the Bar, 1995.
• Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law, 1993-1994.
• Diploma in French Law, University of Aix-Marseille III, France, 1991-1992.
• L.L.B. (Hons) Law with French Law, University College London, 1989-1993.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of International Aviation Women’s Association.

Languages

• French and good conversational Spanish.

Interests

Having recently appeared in a semi-professional production of Macbeth, Saleema enjoys acting and is an avid theatre goer. She also loves travelling around the world and practices yoga.