Insurance: Transactional

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Provided by Gleiss Lutz

Gleiss Lutz has developed outstanding and long-standing expertise in the insurance industry. In transactions, in major litigation, in advice to management and supervisory boards on corporate governance and compliance as well as in preparing and supporting major investment decisions, international leading insurance and reinsurance companies put their trust in the in-depth sector-specific Expertise and judgement of our partners. Our full service approach enables us to combine our industry-specific expertise in transactions with thorough knowledge of regulatory frameworks (in particular Solvency II) as well as specialized knowledge from other legal areas such as competition and antitrust, employment and tax law.

A cornerstone of our work in the insurance sector is advice on cross-border transactions including mergers, acquisitions and sales of companies, restructurings and demutualization of insurance groups, outsourcing projects as well as transfers of insurance portfolios including run-off transactions.

In addition, our lawyers have extensive experience with regulatory bodies, in particular with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). For many years Gleiss Lutz has been providing advice on all insurance regulatory related issues. This includes advice on setting up new insurance businesses, incorporating new business areas, transactions and restructurings, regulatory requirements on assets, compliance violations and measures by regulatory bodies.