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Kirk Lipsey

Kirk Lipsey

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Kirk Lipsey is a partner in the Insurance M&A practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Kirk advises on corporate transactions, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions. His insurance sector transactions have involved the representation of U.S. and non‑U.S. life, annuity, and property and casualty insurers in a wide range of U.S. and cross‑border acquisition and disposition transactions, including stock sales, asset sales, block reinsurance transactions, asset management transactions and public merger transactions.

Kirk also has extensive experience with corporate transactions outside the insurance industry, including on behalf of private equity firms, asset managers and large financial institutions.

Personal

Harvard Law School, J.D. (cum laude)

University of Glasgow, LL.B. (with honors)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory - New York

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Kirk Lipsey is well regarded for his regulatory and transactional experience in the insurance industry. He handles matters including M&A, reinsurance and asset disposition transactions for insurers.

Strengths

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  • Kirk is a smart, sophisticated lawyer. He can quickly digest significant input and identify the issues that matter. He is an excellent writer, thinker and listener.

    Insurance: Transactional & RegulatoryChambers Guide to the USA

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