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Clare Swirski

Clare Swirski

UK 2026

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Practice Areas

Clare Swirski is an international consultant in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton. Her practice focusses on advising insurers and other financial institutions on a range of transactional and regulatory matters.

Ms. Swirski has over 20 years' experience advising financial institutions on the full range of corporate matters, including share and business acquisitions, joint ventures, reinsurance, longevity transactions, distribution agreements and group reorganisations.

Ms. Swirski has also advised multinational insurers on key regulatory developments impacting the sector, including general governance issues, SIMR, with-profits regulation, Solvency II and Brexit issues.

Ms. Swirski has played an active role in the development of the regulatory environment for insurers in the UK. She has previously liaised with HM Treasury on changes to Part VII legislation and was a member of a group of City lawyers responding to EIOPA Solvency II consultations. She is also a member of the insurance subgroup of the Financial Markets Law Committee, which considers legal and regulatory areas of uncertainty in the market.

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Insurance: Non-contentious - UK-wide

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Clare Swirski is routinely sought-out by multinational insurers in relation to a plethora of corporate and regulatory matters. She adeptly advises on cross-border transactions and has notable experience advising clients based in Bermuda. She is co-head of Debevoise's UK and European insurance practice.

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  • Clare Swirski is excellent.

    Insurance: Non-contentiousChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Clare is a go-to person on insurance and reinsurance matters for our company. She has a sterling reputation in terms of her technical ability.

    Insurance: Non-contentiousChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Clare is quite simply the gold standard in terms of her analytical sharpness, commercial awareness, unflappable temperament, and ability to translate complexity into actionable advice.

    Insurance: Non-contentiousChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Clare is responsive, knowledgeable and pragmatic.

    Insurance: Non-contentiousChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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