A&O Shearman continues to be among the top addresses in the German insurance market and has extensive expertise in the ongoing advice to insurance companies, insurtechs, brokers and investors. The co-head of the global insurance practice, Jan Schröder, also leads the German team and focuses on insurance company law, corporate law, insurance supervisory law and company pension law. Hans Diekmann is a key contact for transactions and restructuring projects, while of counsel Stephan Funck specialises in supervisory law compliant alternative investments and Achim Schmid advises insurance and reinsurance companies on transactions pertaining to German and European supervisory law, including cross-border matters. Marie-Luise von Buchwaldt is also well versed in transaction support.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Particularly well-developed knowledge of the industry, extremely high reliability, pragmatic!'
- 'Jan Schröder and Achim Schmid are extremely reliable and deliver particularly high quality.'
Key clients
- Allianz Gruppe
- Athora Group
Work highlights
- Advising the Athora Group on the acquisition of a closed-to new business portfolio of pension and endowment life insurance policies from the former DBV-Winterthur Leben (DWL) from AXA Germany with assets under management of around €19 billion.
- Advising the Zurich Group in an auction process on the sale of its traditional life insurance portfolio to the Viridium Group with assets under management of around €21 billion.