A&O Shearman is a popular address for national and international insurance and reinsurance companies, investors, insurtechs, financial distributors and asset managers, which instruct the team on domestic and cross-border transactions, structuring measures as well as ongoing corporate law and regulatory issues. In addition, the team is well versed in matters pertaining to company pensions, here, practice head Jan Schröder is a key contact; he also offers comprehensive support in all aspects of insurance company, regulatory and corporate law as well as insurance-related M&A transactions.
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- 'Legal expertise combined with a strong understanding of economic contexts and the industry.'
- 'Jan Schröder is an excellent lawyer and top consultant with extreme reliability.'
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Key clients
- Allianz Gruppe
- Athora Group
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Work highlights
- Advising the Frankfurter Leben Group on the acquisition of Generali Deutschland Pensionskasse AG (now Frankfurter Pensionskasse AG) from Generali Deutschland AG.
- Advising Zurich Group Germany in the context of an auction process on the sale of its portfolio of traditional life insurance policies to Viridium, a specialist in the management of life insurance portfolios in Germany, including post-signature advice and the completion of the transaction.
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