Matheson's market-leading Insurance Group provides a full-range of advisory and transactional legal services to domestic and international insurance and reinsurance companies, captive insurance companies and insurance intermediaries active in the Irish market.
Our dedicated insurance practice is led by two market leading partners and a large team of associates with significant regulatory and transactional expertise. The team consists of highly experienced lawyers who are focused exclusively on advising insurance clients. The strength of our insurance practice is demonstrated by the calibre of our clients and complex and innovative, domestic and international matters we advise on.
The group has extensive experience advising on all aspects of insurance law and regulation including:
- establishment and authorisation in Ireland;
- Re-organisations and acquisitions in the insurance industry;
- Private equity and other capital providers on investments in the insurance sector;
- Material changes in business plans and regulatory change of control applications;
- portfolio transfers, cross-border mergers and schemes of arrangement;
- reinsurance transactions;
- pensions buy-ins and buy-outs;
- commercial contracts;
- Renewal of rights transactions;
- Risk and governance arrangements;
- insurance and reinsurance contract wordings;
- compliance issues; and
- regulatory engagement with the Central Bank
