Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
4

Band 4

Insurance: Non-contentious

UK-wide

6 Years Ranked

About

Provided by James Phythian-Adams

UK

Practice Areas

JAMES PHYTHIAN-ADAMS focuses on transactional and regulatory work for insurers, reinsurers, investors, and other participants in the global insurance industry. His practice often involves helping clients across Europe, North America, the offshore jurisdictions, and Asia to access the London and international insurance markets and resolve the complex cross-border challenges they encounter.

He advises on a wide range of matters, including:

• Insurance carrier and intermediary formation, acquisition, governance, compliance, and disposal.

• Branch set-up, subsidiarization, and insurance licensing.

• Managing general agent (MGA) and coverholder formation, operation, and incubation.

• Transactions in and relating to the Lloyd’s market.

• Adverse development cover (ADC), loss portfolio transfer (LPT), insurance business transfer, industry loss warranty (ILW), insurance-linked securities (ILS), insurtech, distribution, and life and longevity transactions.

• Lloyd’s, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and other compliance.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK

Insurance: Non-contentious - UK-wide

4
Band 4
Individual Editorial
James Phythian-Adams provides counsel to clients from the insurance industry on reinsurance transactions, M&A deals and regulatory matters. He has notable experience advising clients in the Lloyd's market as well as global insurers, reinsurers and private equity firms in the insurance sector.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Discover other Lawyers at
Sidley Austin LLP

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

London (Firms)

Banking & Finance: Big-Ticket

1
Jayanthi Sadanandan
1
Band 1
2
Sam Hamilton
2
Band 2
U
Fergus O'Domhnaill
U
Up and Coming
Banking & Finance: Mid-Market

4
James Crooks
4
Band 4
Competition Law

5
Patrick Harrison
5
Band 5
5
Vincent P Brophy
5
Band 5
Corporate Crime & Investigations

3
Sara George
3
Band 3
Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million

E
Thomas Thesing
E
Eminent Practitioners
Financial Crime: Individuals

2
Sara George
2
Band 2
IT & Outsourcing: Disputes Specialists

Clive Gringras
Spotlight
Information Technology & Outsourcing

2
Clive Gringras
2
Band 2
Tax

U
Jason Menzies
U
Up and Coming

UK-wide

Banking Litigation

4
Matthew Shankland
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: CLOs

3
Rupert Wall
3
Band 3
Capital Markets: Debt

3
David Howe
3
Band 3
4
J David Stewart
4
Band 4
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products

2
Scott Colwell
2
Band 2
Capital Markets: Securitisation

2
Rupert Wall
2
Band 2
Capital Markets: Structured Products

2
Rupert Wall
2
Band 2
Data Protection & Information Law

3
William Long
3
Band 3
20 of 33 results