Ling Ling

Practice Areas

Ling represents large U.S. and global insurers and private equity funds in their transformative transactions and investments with a focus on life, annuity and retirement business. With an extensive background and deep understanding of both commercial and regulatory issues in insurance, reinsurance, reserve financing, asset management and pension risk transfer matters, Ling represents financial service companies in acquiring or selling insurance companies or large reinsurance transactions involving complex or unique collateral structures, assists insurers in managing their long-term credit exposure by using assumption, division or insurance business transfer statutes, and advises on asset management issues involving various structured classes of assets, fee structures and hedges.

Ling is well versed in working with PE funds in their investments in insurers or insurance assets, including regulatory requirements affecting the private equity owners, their equity and debt financing needs, and formation of offshore platforms and joint ventures with third party capital.

In insurance regulatory matters, Ling advises on division and insurance business transfer laws, risk transfer, reinsurance credit and certified reinsurer and reciprocal jurisdiction matters, insurance holding company act and affiliate transaction matters, insurer capital requirements, change of control, redomestication and captive regulations.

Ling has served four years on Eversheds Sutherland (US)’s Executive Committee and is a co-leader of the firm’s U.S. and global Insurance Practice Groups.