Our specialist Insurance & Reinsurance team provides advice on the establishment, regulatory compliance and business operations of (re)insurance companies, as well as advising (re)insurance managers and brokers based in international jurisdictions.
We advise private and listed companies, including major New York and London finance houses, as well as FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 household names.
As a multi-jurisdictional team, we regularly provide advice regarding:
- Establishing, regulatory compliance and business operations of commercial (re)insurance companies (life and non-life), insurance managers and brokers
- Special Purpose Insurers (SPIs), formed as issue vehicles for Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS), including collateralized reinsurance and industry loss warranties (ILWs)
- Mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies
- Capital raising (private equity and IPOs) of (re)insurers or their holding companies
- Re-domiciliation of (re)insurance companies into or out of our jurisdictions
- Longevity and other risk swaps
- Fixed and variable annuity products
- Hedge fund-owned insurance companies
- Captive and rent-a-captive programmes
- Segregated accounts and portfolio companies
- Value-added insurance wraps
- Policies and other contracts
- Governance procedures and other regulatory matters
- Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs
- Mutual insurance companies
- Assignment of policies as security for financing
- Schemes of Arrangement/Transfer of insurance portfolios
