Matthew Griffith

Practice Areas

With a wealth of experience gained over more than 20 years, Partner Matthew Griffith is a corporate, commercial and regulatory lawyer who focuses on the insurance and financial services sectors.

Matthew supports clients on a broad range of transactional, commercial and regulatory matters. He is an independently recognised leader in the insurance market and advises clients on acquisitions, disposals, business transfers (including Part VII transfers), reinsurance transactions, product distribution arrangements, commercial contracts, restructuring projects, corporate governance and regulatory matters.

Career

Ashurst (1994-2004); Pinsent Masons, Partner (2004-2010); Sidley Austin, Partner (2010-2012); Worldpay, General Counsel – Corporate (2012-2015); RPC, Partner (2015 to date)

Professional Memberships

Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association

Work Highlights

Advising Markel on a £200m UK motor insurance loss portfolio reinsurance transaction with Marco Capital.

Supporting a major insurance group on a large-scale policy review project covering multiple different insurance products. This included taking a consumer duty perspective and producing associated documentation.

Advising a global broking group on the transfer of a substantial book of insurance business to a major UK-headquartered insurer.