Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Nationwide - Canada
4 years ranked
Provided by Walker Sorensen LLP
Sean is the Managing Partner of Walker Sorensen LLP. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at one of Canada’s national law firms. Walker Sorensen is a boutique law firm located in Toronto, Ontario, which has a practice which focuses primarily on insurance regulatory and transactional matters.
Sean regularly acts for insurers, reinsurers, agents, brokers, managing general agents, third party administrators and other stakeholders, providing insurance regulatory, corporate governance, transactional and general corporate commercial advice. He assists insurers and group sponsors with negotiating and establishing the terms of sponsored affinity insurance programs and advises insurers and intermediaries on agent/broker agreements.
Other examples of recent work include acting for the vendors in a transaction involving the sale of a national managing general agent to a large Canadian financial institution and acting for insurers in connection with several assumption reinsurance transactions. He has also assisted a number of clients that have established insurance company subsidiaries or branch offices in Canada.
Sean regularly deals with Canadian insurance regulators on behalf of clients, including the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) and other provincial and territorial insurance regulators.
Called to the Bar in Ontario - 1999
Member of the Canadian Bar Association and Toronto Lawyers Association
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Sean Sorensen is an experienced lawyer noted for his work advising insurers and insurance agents. He is looked to for his knowledge of regulatory issues affecting sector clients.
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Sean has really impressive institutional knowledge and is attentive to his clients' needs.
I can always count on Sean's prompt responses and solutions, which are both sound and workable.
Sean is fantastic to deal with.
Sean has a wealth of knowledge, is easy to collaborate with and he understands our industry.
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