With 18 of the top 20 insurers among our clients, our sector specialists bring unparallelled expertise of contentious and non-contentious insurance matters.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
Managing a contractual remediation programme to deal with changes required under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) for a European health insurance business.
Advised one of Belgium's leading insurance groups, through their Luxembourg group, on the acquisition of another Luxembourg reinsurance captive and the merger between the two entities.
Advising Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc on the lease of its new Irish headquarters in Dublin, including negotiation of a complex agreement for lease, substantial landlord works package, collateral warranties and the occupational lease.
Advised China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, a major state-owned insurer, on procedures related to Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings involving assigned receivables and coverage obligations.
Advised AGILA Haustierversicherung AG, a leading pet insurance provider, on corporate and commercial matters including drafting and negotiating new contracts following a shareholder restructuring and market entry.
Advised a major UK insurer on exercising break options in multiple commercial leases.
Advised Scottish Friendly, a Life & Investments Provider on its proposed merger with OneFamily, a combination that would create one of the UK’s largest mutual life assurance groups with 2.3 million members and nearly £10 billion in assets under management.
Advised Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited and Alwyn Insurance Company Limited, subsidiaries of Arch Re, on the successful completion of an insurance business transfer under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Advised Aviva Investment Funds on the Part VII insurance business transfer of its UK individual protection business to Royal London.
Advised a professional sports club on a personal injury claim involving concussive injuries sustained by a player during rugby league activities.
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EmailColin leads the firm’s Regulatory, Insurance & Funds team; he advises corporates and a broad range of financial services businesses on insurance and reinsurance issues, remediation/compensation schemes, contentious regulatory challenges and structuring insurance arrangements in the infrastructure and energy sectors.
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EmailHannah is a corporate partner advising leading financial services clients on domestic and cross-border transactions. She leads multi-disciplinary teams on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and reorganisations, with deep expertise in the insurance and wealth management sectors.
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EmailJonathan is a financial services specialist, focusing on investigating and managing systemic challenges. Jonathan devises strategies and solutions which reflect commercial drivers, operational preferences and stakeholder objectives – and which reduce regulatory scrutiny. Jonathan’s team consist of barristers, ex-regulators and ombudsmen.
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EmailConor is an Irish qualified lawyer who specialises in investment funds and asset management. He regularly advises leading international asset managers on their operations in Ireland and on the establishment, structuring and operation of all types of collective investment schemes.
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EmailChamika is a Legal Director with over 17 years' experience in Insurance and Reinsurance. With a focus on complex litigation and arbitration (including Bermuda Form arbitrations), Chamika specialises in advising Insurers on the coverage and defence of claims relating to professional liability, product liability and cyber liability.
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EmailAnthony is a Barrister, specialising in contentious regulatory cases, investigations and remediation. As a former senior regulator at the London Stock Exchange and Financial Ombudsman, Anthony brings a unique breadth of regulatory expertise, helping major financial institutions and companies mitigate systemic regulatory risk exposures.
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EmailEllie is a cyber, privacy and technology litigation specialist with significant experience of acting in the insurance market for insurers and insureds operating in a broad range of sectors.
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EmailChris is an insurance regulatory and commercial specialist and has worked extensively for providers and distributors across life and general insurance sectors. His career has covered private practice and, recently, in house experience.
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EmailAlexis has been heavily engaged with the financial services sector throughout his career. Alexis specialises in insurance distribution, regulation and product development and works with a range of insurer and intermediary clients.
Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised manufacturing companies PROXMUS and Promus on the sale of their businesses to CGH Innovation, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of steel tanks and a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm headquartered in Miami.
Colin Read
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