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Our team provides clients with practical and efficient legal solutions for the unique challenges and complexities of insurance and reinsurance. As clients navigate new market forces, emerging risks, and evolving regulations, our team offers a comprehensive approach to address any regulatory, transactional, or litigation needs our insurance and reinsurance clients may have.
Our team includes attorneys with industry-specific experience in a variety of practice areas, from antitrust, corporate finance, and tax to intellectual property, privacy and cybersecurity, and employment law. As one of the few firms with broad capabilities and experience in multistate and international insurance transactions and regulation, we provide practical guidance and insights into the many issues associated with mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, and acquisitions of insurance companies, brokerages, and their insurance-related assets and liabilities. We also structure, document, negotiate, and close insurance and reinsurance transactions of various kinds and complexity.
We represent a wide variety of clients in the insurance industry — from publicly traded, international insurers and reinsurers to investment banks, fintechs, and family-owned insurance agencies. Our experience spans both property and casualty as well as life, accident, and health lines of business.
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Troutman Pepper Locke maintains a well-regarded insurance practice, advising on transactional and regulatory matters across the insurance industry. The team has particular expertise in representing insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries in acquisitions, alongside a robust regulatory compliance practice.
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Troutman Pepper Locke LLP acted as insurance regulatory counsel to One80 Intermediaries in its acquisition of Waypoint Underwriting Management.
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Troutman Pepper Locke has been not only accurate, but efficient. There is a genuine desire to be supportive and helpful, and not overcomplicate.
The firm has a proven capacity to handle highly complex and sophisticated matters. They provide thorough analysis, anticipate challenges and deliver practical, well-reasoned solutions.
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Zachary Lerner is chair of the insurance transactional and regulatory practice group at Troutman Pepper Locke. His practice includes providing regulatory advice to national insurance brokerage firms.
Zach is very responsive and business-friendly.
Zach is fantastic and highly commercial.
John N Emmanuel is noted for his robust practice advising clients across the insurance industry on regulatory and transactional matters, including M&A and compliance.
John is very user-friendly and accessible. He gives very practical advice.
John Emmanuel consistently provides clear, well-reasoned advice and demonstrates a strong command of the issues. He is reliable, professional and highly effective in his role.
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
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