Tim Baumgartner > Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP
CITYPOINT
1 ROPEMAKER STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 9AW
England

Work Department

Corporate & Financial Services

Position

Tim Baumgartner is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and a member of Willkie’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group. Tim has extensive experience advising on a wide range of corporate transactions, including international and domestic M&A (including competitive auction processes on the buy and sell side), joint ventures and long-term strategic partnerships, intra-group restructurings and general corporate advisory work. In additional to general corporate transactions, Tim has a particular focus in the insurance sector, advising on the full spectrum of corporate insurance transactions, which in addition to the above includes transactions within the Lloyd’s market, portfolio transfers and complex reinsurance transactions for both life and non-life businesses.

Education

Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, LPC, 2005; Oxford University, Masters of Law, 2004; Allegheny College, B.A., 1999

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory

Supported by its US counterparts, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP is a popular choice for life and property-casualty insurers, reinsurers, brokers, private equity investors, insurance sector funds and banks. Its far-reaching expertise spans ILS and Lloyd’s market matters, insurance financing structures, and the pension and longevity risk transfer market. Practice head Joseph Ferraro enjoys a stellar reputation in M&A transactions and corporate finance matters. Supporting the practice is Melanie James, who is skilled across the board of non-contentious insurance matters; Nicholas Bugler, who has considerable knowledge of the Lloyd’s market, as well as the reinsurance and capital markets industries; Jennifer Tait, who focuses her practice on capital markets and ILS offerings; Kirsty Maclean, whose expertise lies in complex life risk transfer transactions; Tim Baumgartner, who shines in corporate insurance transactions; Eilidh Brown, who specialises in risk transfer transactions in the life sector; and Andrew Tromans.