Hogan Lovells International LLP is instructed by insurers, reinsurers and other companies on regulatory, tax and corporate law issues. The team routinely supports national and cross-border restructurings of insurance groups, including the structuring of company pension schemes. Other mainstays include compliance, insurance supervisory, trade and accounting law investigations as well as the advice on relevant tax matters. Christoph Küppers heads the practice and is a key contact for insurance and reinsurance groups, private equity firms and financial services providers.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Competence, a high level of industry understanding and high reliability. No matter who the contact person is, I can rely on the colleagues with the right experience for the respective issue being found and included.'
  • 'Christoph Küppers: Uniquely broad spectrum of legal expertise in the areas legally relevant to the insurance industry as well as excellent industry knowledge.'

  • 'We found Hogan Lovells to be extremely competent and solution-oriented in the context of an innovative M&A project. Despite time-critical implementation parameters and the challenging situation, the legal assessment was very comprehensive. In particular, the transparency and the clear classification of the facts were very helpful for us.'

  • 'Christoph Küppers is an expert in the field of insurance and corporate law. This expertise became clear when we needed legal assessments for projects that were unique and innovative in the German market. Despite the complexity, the explanations are understandable and great importance is attached to conveying this in a comprehensible manner.'

  • 'Good cooperation between partners.'

  • 'Outstanding specialist knowledge coupled with a high level of commitment and very good customer orientation.'

  • 'Christoph Küppers is a luminary and an excellent advisor.'

  • 'Very good understanding of the industry, both commercially and financially. This leads to a pragmatic and calm consulting approach.'

Key clients

  • DELL Technologies Inc., U.S.A.
  • ERGO Group
  • Försäkringsaktiebolaget Agria (publ), Sweden
  • General Reinsurance AG (GRAG)
  • Generali
  • Great American Insurers
  • NÜRNBERGER Versicherung
  • Provinzial Versicherungsgruppe
  • ROLAND Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG
  • Signal Iduna
  • Talanx Gruppe
  • HDI Global Specialty SE
  • XL Catlin SE

Work highlights

  • Advising the Talanx Group on the acquisition of Liberty Mutual Insurance Inc.’s insurance business in Latin America.
  • Advising Signal Iduna as part of the transformation program 'VISION2023', along with the transformation of larger parts of the organization to make Signal Iduna more agile.
  • Advising NÜRNBERGER on the sale of NÜRNBERGER PensionsfondsAG to Metzler.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christoph Küppers 

Other key lawyers

Birgit Reese, Sabine Ernst