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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

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Willkie’s insurance and reinsurance practice group is an interdisciplinary team of lawyers with significant experience in insurance and reinsurance transactions, regulation, and litigation. In addition to leading U.S. and European lawyers with insurance industry experience, our practice group includes highly sophisticated lawyers with substantial experience in corporate, litigation, tax and other practice areas.

Our clients include domestic and international insurance and reinsurance companies, insurance brokers, policyholders, private equity firms, hedge funds, and other insurance industry investors. We represent clients in high-profile mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities transactions, institutional private placements, financings, and joint ventures. Our experienced lawyers also handle insurance-specific financial transactions, including bulk reinsurance arrangements, group restructurings, demutualizations, renewal rights transactions, and commutations. We routinely advise clients on licensing, investments, permissible activities, and solvency matters, and we represent clients before insurance regulators in the United States and internationally.

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Insurance: Non-contentious - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has strong Lloyd's market expertise, as well as experience handling more niche transactions in the reinsurance market, including longevity reinsurance. It advises leading insurance companies on complex transactional matters, including M&A, Part VII transfers and capital raising, with additional expertise in the structuring of insurance-linked securities. The firm demonstrates a ready command of both UK and US insurance markets, as well as matters governed by Bermudian law.
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Work Highlights

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  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher represented Aon during its USD13.4 billion acquisition of the NFP Group.

Strengths

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  • Their pragmatic and commercial approach, and excellent knowledge of the insurance and transactional landscape, mean that we always feel confident that we are in safe hands.

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  • We find that the team are able to strike a great balance between attention to detail and technical expertise with a commercial and pragmatic approach.

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  • They know how we operate as a business and share our solutions-focused approach.

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  • Willkie has a very large team with lots of experience.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Andrew Tromans
    Andrew Tromans

    Andrew Tromans

    Andrew Tromans offers considerable expertise in Part VII transfers and corporate restructurings as part of his transactional insurance practice. He is also frequently sought after to handle complex M&A for clients across the sector.

    • Andy is simply exemplary on all aspects: legal advisory, technical expertise and client service.

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    • Andrew Tromans is responsive, thoughtful and efficient in his communication.

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    • His advice is commercial and technically spot on.

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  • Melanie James
    Melanie James

    Melanie James

    Melanie James is noted for her work on insurance M&A and reinsurance transactions. She is also regularly sought out by clients to provide regulatory advice.

    • Melanie's calm and reassuring presence really helps to smooth the process.

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    • Her manner and approach makes her a genuine pleasure to work with.

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    • She is highly responsive, professional and a pleasure to work with.

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  • Joseph D Ferraro
    Joseph D Ferraro

    Joseph D Ferraro

    Joseph Ferraro is the London head of insurance at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and represents a strong choice for clients seeking transactional advice from the UK, the USA and Bermuda. He expertly assists with large M&A deals as well as corporate restructuring and insurance-related capital markets work.

    • Joe Ferraro is always very responsive and committed to supporting us.

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  • Kirsty Maclean
    Kirsty Maclean

    Kirsty Maclean

    Kirsty Maclean is recognised for her insurance expertise, particularly on longevity reinsurance transactions, in which she regularly acts for leading insurers and reinsurers.

    • Kirsty is able to balance commercial pragmatism with technical legal expertise.

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    • She has a huge depth of knowledge.

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    • Kirsty is an expert with broad awareness of the market.

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  • Tim Baumgartner
    Tim Baumgartner

    Tim Baumgartner

    Tim Baumgartner is an insurance transactional expert who works with clients on corporate transactions, joint ventures and restructurings.

    • His pragmatic and commercial approach, and excellent knowledge of the insurance and transactional landscape, mean that we always feel confident that we are in safe hands.

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