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Debevoise Advises Artificial Labs in Its £8 Million A+ Funding Round
7 February 2024
Debevoise Appoints Drew Dutton and Clare Swirski to Lead UK/European Insurance Practice
8 January 2024
Debevoise Advises Compre in its Acquisition of a Workers’ Compensation Legacy Portfolio from SUNZ
22 May 2023
Debevoise Advises Compre in a Reinsurance Loss Portfolio Transfer Covering Approximately $1.3 Billion of Reserves
6 March 2023
Debevoise Advises Helios Underwriting in Raising £12.5 Million
25 November 2022
Debevoise Advises Canopius in $780 Million Loss Portfolio Transfer with RiverStone
11 January 2022
Debevoise Advising Asta Capital in its Sale to Davies
8 September 2021
Debevoise Advising PGIM in its Acquisition of Montana Capital Partners
13 July 2021
Debevoise Advised Covéa in Connection with the Reinsurance of 30% of SCOR’s Irish Life Entities
2 July 2021
Debevoise Partners with BritishAmerican Business for Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability Series
4 May 2021
ESG Resource Center
22 April 2021
Debevoise Advises Compre in the Establishment of Its Lloyd’s Syndicate and Apollo RITC
16 February 2021
Debevoise Advises on Award Winning Offering
26 November 2020
Debevoise Advises Helios in Launch of Africa Specialty Risk Group
18 September 2020
Debevoise Advises Third Point Re in Its $788 Million Merger with Sirius Group
7 August 2020
Debevoise Advises Prudential in Its Sale of Prudential Life Insurance of Korea to KB Financial Group for $1.9 Billion
10 April 2020
Debevoise Advises GreyCastle in its Sale to Monument Re
31 March 2020
Debevoise Advises Lovell Minnick in Take-Private Deal for Charles Taylor
24 September 2019
Seven Debevoise Lawyers Named “Rising Stars” by Law360
10 September 2019
Debevoise in London – 30 Years of Landmarks
4 September 2019
Debevoise Advises Resolution Life in Revised AUS$3.0 billion AMP Life Acquisition
13 August 2019

The practice advises leading insurers and reinsurers, new market participants, brokers and other financial institutions on sophisticated mergers & acquisitions, including insurance portfolio transfers, share acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures, as well as on capital raises, and on regulatory issues in the UK and European insurance market. The practice also works with U.S., Asian and European clients, advising on cross-border transactions in the U.S., Latin America, Bermuda and Asia-Pacific, as well as in Europe. This global experience at the very top end of the market means the European team is highly familiar with the specific commercial and regulatory contexts of the sector across broad geographies.In its M&A and capital markets experience in particular, the team is distinct. It fields teams few other firms can match to work simultaneously on M&A and capital market matters. In this way, clients benefit from a team able to handle regulatory issues, share acquisitions, equity raises, stock purchase agreements, reserve financings, reinsurance agreements and bank debt transactions, all in connection with a single transaction.As well as its transactional strength, Debevoise’s European Insurance practice includes leading U.S. and UK-qualified tax, finance, regulatory and competition lawyers. The team’s experience in advising U.S., Asian and European clients on insurance transactions has given it valuable insight into the differences in approaches among various regimes. Clients rely on the team not just to track the latest regulatory developments, but also to help them design these transactions to address the changing regulatory environment.The insurance team in Europe works closely with the firm’s private equity funds and transactional lawyers, using Debevoise’s established strength in these areas to advise clients on the growing interplay between these two sectors. This includes advising private equity and fund clients on investments into the insurance sector, as well as capital raisings and acquisitions of specific books of business.Our range of services include advising clients on:

Cross-border insurance/asset management M&A

Share sales and business transfers (including transfers under Part VII of FSMA)

Corporate reorganisations

Regulatory capital and other capital raisings and financings

Bancassurance and other forms of distribution agreements

Insurance and reinsurance arrangements

BPA and longevity transfers

Issues arising under Solvency II

Governance and other regulatory issues

The multidisciplinary approach of the European Insurance practice has been consistently recognized by the major legal directories, with Chambers Global stating the firm’s “twin strongholds in the US and UK markets power an impressive M&A practice across the globe. Expertise in reinsurance deals, bond issuances and regulatory assignments rounds off the firm's insurance offering.” Chambers UK has described the practice as “commercial and client-friendly,” and notes that it “attracts particular notice for the quality of its advice on transactional and regulatory matters, and has developed an impressive client list.” Episode 28 - What We Can Expect for Insurance Regulation in the UK and Europe in 2024 – A Snapshot 25 April 2024Drew Dutton, Clare Swirski, Philip Orange, Laura Jackson Episode 27 - Developments in the UK and European Insurance Industry in 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024 21 March 2024Drew Dutton, Clare Swirski, Katie PowerEpisode 26 - Regulatory Update25 January 2024Drew Dutton, Clare Swirski, Laura Jackson, Katie PowerEpisode 25 - EU Sustainability Reporting Regime16 November 2023Benjamin Lyon, Patricia Volhard, John YoungEpisode 24 - Artificial Intelligence26 October 2023Avi Gesser, Clare SwirskiEpisode 23 - Solvency II Regulatory Update14 September 2023Drew Dutton, Clare Swirski, Benjamin Lyon, Laura JacksonEpisode 22 - DORA: What the New EU Digital Operational Resilience Act Means for the Insurance Sector22 June 2023Clare Swirski, Robert Maddox, Tristan LockwoodEpisode 21 - The UK and European Insurance Industry – Looking Forward to 202323 March 2023Clare Swirski, Philip Orange, Laura JacksonEpisode 20 - Developments in the UK and European Insurance Industry in 2022 and Looking Forward to 202319 January 2023Clare Swirski, Benjamin Lyon, Philip Orange, Laura JacksonEpisode 19 - Regulatory Matters15 September 2022Clare Swirski, Benjamin Lyon, Philip Orange, Laura Jackson, Katie PowerEpisode 18 - Draft Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence7 July 2022Ben Lyon, Ulysses Smith and Merryl Lawry-WhiteEpisode 17 - Recent regulatory developments in the first half of 2022 23 June 2022Ben Lyon, Clare Swirski, Philip Orange, and Laura JacksonEpisode 16 - Recent regulatory developments in the first half of 20229 June 2022Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Laura Jackson and Katie PowerEpisode 15 - Key Sanctions Issues for Insurance Companies10 March 2022Ben Lyon, Konstantin Bureiko and Martha HirstEpisode 14 - Solvency II and its relevance in M&A and other insurance transactions24 February 2022Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Laura Jackson and Katie PowerEpisode 13 - Developments in the UK and Europe Insurance Industry in 2021 and Looking Forward to 2022 (Part II)10 February 2022Clare Swirski, Philip Orange, Laura Jackson and Katie PowerEpisode 12 - Developments in the UK and Europe Insurance Industry in 2021 and Looking Forward to 2022 (Part I)27 January 2022Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Katie PowerEpisode 11 - Cybersecurity and the Insurance Industry4 November 2021Avi Gesser, Ben Lyon, Martha Hirst, Robert MaddoxEpisode 10 - Key Trends in the Insurance Industry from a Transactional Perspective (Part II)14 October 2021David Innes, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Katie PowerEpisode 9 - Key Trends in the Insurance Industry from a Transactional Perspective (Part I)30 September 2021David Innes, Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Katie PowerEpisode 8 - UK and EU Insurance Regulatory Review – Trends and Key Issues16 September 2021Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Katie PowerEpisode 7 - Investing in Insurance: Opportunities for Financial Sponsors20 May 2021David Innes, Ben Lyon, Clare SwirskiEpisode 6 - Brexit – Current Status and Practical Implications Part II6 May 2021Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Katie PowerEpisode 5 - Brexit – Current Status and Practical Implications (Part I)29 April 2021Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Sarah HaleEpisode 4 - Lloyd’s – Trends, Developments and Structures15 April 2021Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Katie PowerEpisode 3 - Insurance Webcast Series - UK and EU Insurance Regulatory Review - Trends and Key Issues for 20211 April 2021Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Philip Orange, Sarah HaleEpisode 2 - Key Takeaways from the FCA BI Case18 March 2021Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon, Katie PowerEpisode 1 - View from London: Insurance M&A and Transactional Update4 March, 2021David Innes, Clare Swirski, Ben Lyon

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