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Addleshaw Goddard

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Addleshaw Goddard has a major focus on the insurance market, earning accolades for its work in the corporate and regulatory fields, along with new product launches and disputes; the firm is frequently engaged in professional negligence cases and policy disputes. Along with its insurance regulation capabilities, the breadth of its offering includes additional experts in data protection, technology and other areas. Garrett Miller leads the insurance regulation group, and continues to be noted for the launch and authorisation of insurers and new products. David Cantrell has an outstanding record in professional negligence, with Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin providing further senior expertise in this area.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Strong team with good insurance sector experience.’

  • ‘We were supported by Garrett Miller and Niall Marren, both of whom were very proactive in finding solutions to issues in a transaction process. They approached the deal in a pragmatic manner, conscious that this was only a small acquisition for our company. Both very helpful and easy to work with.’

  • ‘Strong, in-depth team with knowledge, professionalism, pragmatists, reachable and personable. No matter feels too small or insignificant.’

  • 'Garrett Miller’s professionalism, knowledge, accessibility and pragmatism are key strengths that we very much appreciate. Garrett delivers a first in class service.’

  • ‘I find the Addleshaw Goddard practice unique in that you get the personal service you would expect from a boutique law firm, but at the same time you get access to resources from the international side of the firm. This is particularly beneficial for our insurance company which operates in many European markets.’

  • ‘Garrett Miller stands out for me due to his encyclopaedic knowledge of insurance rules and regulations, relevant to both our Irish and our international cross border insurance model. Garrett is adept at providing commercial and practical advice on any issue no matter how complicated. Overall, I find Garrett to be very easy to work with, he is very responsive on queries and has a nice manner.’

  • ‘One aspect of AG's service that has always stood out for me is the personal aspect. They have quickly developed interpersonal relationships which has greatly facilitated the sense that we are part of the one team.’

  • ‘My overriding observation is the personal relationships that I have developed with the senior partners with whom I have engaged (David Cantrell and Garrett Miller in particular). Clearly, each has vast technical knowledge upon which their service is grounded, but the differentiator is their ability to build strong and effective relationships.’

Key clients

  • Leaseplan Insurance
  • AXA Corporate Solutions
  • Invesco
  • ECCU Assurance
  • Credit Agricole Creditor Insurance
  • Vodafone
  • BMW
  • Automobile Association Ireland
  • Medisec Ireland
  • Red Flag Consulting
  • MMPI Financial Services
  • Harvey Norman

Work highlights

  • Advised All Clear Travel Insurance on its acquisition of the Irish insurance distributor Just Cover Limited.
  • Advised the shareholders of Moloney Investments on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Kingswood.
  • Advised ECCU Assurance on key issues such as the impact of Brexit, Solvency II, GDPR and policies drafting and implementation.

Lawyers

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Garrett Miller
Addleshaw Goddard
Garrett is a Corporate Partner. Garrett’s applies his corporate and commercial experience across a range of clients and sectors including automotive, integrated IT solutions, offshore exploration and retail.  However his specialisation concentrates on non-contentious insurance supervision and regulation including the  authorisation of insurance entities, the provision of cross-border services, compliance obligations, governance, new product development, policy wording and intermediary arrangements. He has advised domestic and international insurance companies and intermediaries on the sale, purchase and/or absorption of businesses and the consolidation and restructuring of their existing operations. His insurance client base includes various life and non-life insurers, reinsurers and different types of intermediaries.  More recently, he has assisted clients bringing new products to market and/or using new, sometimes branded, distribution channels. The impact of recently enhanced consumer protection for insurance products has also resulted in a steady stream of instructions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Garrett Miller

Other key lawyers

David Cantrell, Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin, Paul Dempsey, Niall Marren

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