Bio
Melinda Mayne is a Senior Associate in the Corporate department of Appleby’s Bermuda office and is a member of Appleby’s leading insurance and reinsurance team, specialising in re/insurance law and regulation, including formation, licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements for Bermuda special purpose insures in the insurance-linked securities sector and commercial re/insurers.
Melinda also practices in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including: finance, public and private mergers and acquisitions, amalgamations, reorganisations and general corporate law.
Bio
Melinda Mayne is a Senior Associate in the Corporate department of Appleby’s Bermuda office and is a member of Appleby’s leading insurance and reinsurance team, specialising in re/insurance law and regulation, including formation, licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements for Bermuda special purpose insures in the insurance-linked securities sector and commercial re/insurers.
Melinda also practices in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including: finance, public and private mergers and acquisitions, amalgamations, reorganisations and general corporate law.
Work Highlights
- IQUW, Appleby Bermuda advised IQUW in relation to its $170M debt raise;
- INSURENT AGENCY CORPORATION, Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to RS Reinsurance and its parent company Insurent Agency Corporation (Insurent) in the sale of Insurent to MRI Software;
- SELECTIVE INSURANCE, Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to Selective Insurance in relation to securing $325m in reinsurance from debut cat bond;
- BMS GROUP, Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to BMS Group in connection with its £355 million investment from Eurazeo, a French private equity and venture capital firm listed on Euronext Paris with more than €35 billion in assets under management;
- SWISS RE, Appleby Bermuda advised Swiss Re in its USD1.15bn innovative transaction combining bank financing and insurance-linked securities, a first of its kind deal set to provide Swiss Re with multi-year reinsurance and retrocessional protection.
- IQUW, Appleby Bermuda advised IQUW in relation to its $170M debt raise;
- INSURENT AGENCY CORPORATION, Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to RS Reinsurance and its parent company Insurent Agency Corporation (Insurent) in the sale of Insurent to MRI Software;
- SELECTIVE INSURANCE, Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to Selective Insurance in relation to securing $325m in reinsurance from debut cat bond;
- BMS GROUP, Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to BMS Group in connection with its £355 million investment from Eurazeo, a French private equity and venture capital firm listed on Euronext Paris with more than €35 billion in assets under management;
- SWISS RE, Appleby Bermuda advised Swiss Re in its USD1.15bn innovative transaction combining bank financing and insurance-linked securities, a first of its kind deal set to provide Swiss Re with multi-year reinsurance and retrocessional protection.
Qualifications & Education
Melinda completed the Masters of Law (Hons), Legal Practice Course (Distinction) and the Graduate Degree in Law (Commendation) at BPP University of Law School London. Prior to completing her legal qualifications she acquired a BA in business from American InterContinental University (Hons) and a MBA (Hons) in accounting and finance from Devry University/Keller Graduate School. She was called to the Bermuda Bar in September 2017.
- BPP University of Law School (London England)
- DeVry University/Keller Graduate School of Management (USA)
- American InterContinental University (USA)
- Law Training Centre (Kent, England)
Melinda completed the Masters of Law (Hons), Legal Practice Course (Distinction) and the Graduate Degree in Law (Commendation) at BPP University of Law School London. Prior to completing her legal qualifications she acquired a BA in business from American InterContinental University (Hons) and a MBA (Hons) in accounting and finance from Devry University/Keller Graduate School. She was called to the Bermuda Bar in September 2017.
- BPP University of Law School (London England)
- DeVry University/Keller Graduate School of Management (USA)
- American InterContinental University (USA)
- Law Training Centre (Kent, England)