Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP leverages its market-leading position in the US to provide client of its London office with a particularly strong offering in relation to transatlantic mandates in the insurance sector. With capabilities that cover the full gamut of M&A, Part VII transfers, reinsurance, de-risking, and Lloyd’s market, the firm combines sector expertise with the capacity to handle complex, cross-border corporate matters. Joseph Ferraro heads the insurance practice, with an established reputation in handling M&A and corporate finance work in the insurance space. Melanie James has an insurance expertise that covers the full range of non-contentious mandates, while Nicholas Bugler has a specialism in the intersection of reinsurance and capital markets. Jennifer Tait has experience in insurance-linked security transactions, Kirsty Maclean is involved in longevity reinsurance, and Andrew Tromans advises insurance and financial institution clients on company matters, M&A, joint ventures, and outsourcings. Tim Baumgartner covers the full scope of general corporate and insurance-specific transactions, as does associate Eilidh Brown who has an emphasis on risk transfer transactions in the life insurance sector.
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‘Andrew Tromans is an excellent communicator and provides sound, commercial advice. He's our go-to lawyer for any regulatory or corporate insurance matter and provides practical solutions that can be implemented. Nicole Kapu-Leyland is a fantastic associate in the corporate and regulatory practice. Nicole's advice is clear and commercial.’
‘Practice-oriented advice and responsive. Very pleasant to work with.’
‘Magdi Adab: Very service-oriented, fast response time and (nevertheless) very sound advice. Magdi is extremely pleasant to work with personally.’
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Joseph Ferraro is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and the Insurance - Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group in London. He has a broad range of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions transactions and corporate finance matters, including private equity investments, insurance linked securities, stock exchange listings and public offerings.
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Andrew Tromans is a partner in the London office and a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department. He advises insurance and financial institution clients – including life and non-life insurance companies – Lloyd's vehicles, brokers and other intermediaries on a broad range of company law matters, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, outsourcings and start-ups. Andrew has conducted a number of significant insurance business transfers under Part VII of FSMA 2000. His practice also includes advising on policy wordings, FSA and EU regulatory matters (including the UK regulatory handbooks and the implementation of Solvency II), capital-raisings and the establishment of new insurance vehicles. He has particular experience in the life insurance market and has also advised on a number of significant transactions in relation to businesses at Lloyd's of London.
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Kirsty Maclean is a partner in the London office and member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department. Kirsty advises insurance, reinsurance and other financial institution clients on a broad range of transactions and non-contentious matters. Kirsty has gained a reputation as a notable lawyer in the longevity and pension de-risking market, having advised European and US-based clients on many of the largest and highest-profile longevity transactions completed to date. Kirsty regularly advises on complex collateralised reinsurance transactions and has a particular focus on the interface between (re)insurance and the capital markets.
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Joseph Ferraro