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ST KATHARINE'S WAY
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Mr Jonathan Charwat
Work Department
Corporate Insurance and Financial Services
Position
Jonathan Charwat is a corporate, commercial and regulatory partner in RPC’s Corporate Insurance & Financial Services team.
Jonathan’s primary focus is in the insurance and financial services market. His commercial experience includes a wide range of insurance distribution arrangements and agreements as well as reinsurance and other commercial agreements. From a regulatory perspective, Jonathan advises clients on insurance product distribution and governance including intermediary remuneration arrangements, internal governance and regulatory compliance, insurer-intermediary distribution structures, customer facing and product documentation, and developments in insurance regulation. Jonathan has also acted on a number of M&A transactions for both the insurance and corporate market including Lloyd’s specific arrangements and a scheme of arrangement.
Jonathan also has a good deal of in-house experience having undertaken secondments at Arch Insurance, Marsh and Swiss Re Life Capital. Prior to joining RPC, he also worked for two years in-house in a corporate governance and commercial contracts role for Volex plc working out of London and China.
Career
Work highlights
Advising a number of insurers and market participants on their implementation of new Consumer Duty regulations.
Providing support and advice to a global insurer in its expansion into new retail and SME insurance products.
Acting as the third line of defence for a number of insurers when it comes to reviewing and advising on broker remuneration arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
RPC showcases ‘impressive expertise and knowledge’ of insurance regulatory mandates, with key clients including insurers, brokers and MGAs, in addition to retail banks, credit card issuers, short term lenders and asset finance providers. Matthew Griffith leads the team and focuses on insurance regulatory matters, as well as post-Brexit issues, while Whitney Simpson is noted for her expertise in the payment services and consumer credit sectors. Jonathan Charwat is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap