Insurance M&A

Ranked #1 Insurance M&A by deal volume from 2013-2017 – S&P Global

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Nicholas F. Potter

John M. Vasily

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Recognition

Ranked as a Band 1 firm for Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory in New York and Nationwide by Chambers USA (2019).

It stands out for its global service, round-the-clock availability, professionalism and technical expertise.

—Chambers USA, 2019

Ranked in the top tier for Insurance: Non-Contentious by The Legal 500 US (2019).

In terms of quality, they are right up there with the best and can do it on both sides of the Atlantic.

They have a long-standing reputation for corporate insurance work.

—Chambers Global, 2019

Demonstrates truly outstanding credentials in M&A matters in the insurance industry, with critical transactional experience as well as top-notch regulatory know-how.

—Chambers USA, 2018

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Insurance M&A is consistently the largest component of Debevoise’s Global Insurance Practice. The firm is widely recognized as a market leader in insurance M&A and is consistently called on for the industry’s most challenging, innovative and high-profile transactions. Our insurance M&A lawyers understand the perspectives of the full range of market participants, from traditional insurers and reinsurers to financial sponsors and intermediaries. The firm regularly acts on cross-border transactions and can execute local country and multijurisdictional acquisitions anywhere in the world. Recent M&A transactions include:

a hostile acquisition of a Bermuda reinsurer by a European investment company;

the first entry by a U.S. insurance company into a pan-African platform;

the first spin-off and separation of an insurance business from a Brazilian bank;

an acquisition by a non-U.S. pension fund of a Lloyd’s syndicate;

non-U.S. buyers acquiring large U.S. businesses in the life insurance and annuity sectors; and

equity cornerstone investments in PRC companies.

With the support of more than 80 corporate, regulatory, restructuring, tax, litigation and executive compensation partners and counsel dedicated to the industry, the M&A team brings to its work an unsurpassed depth of knowledge of industry issues, deal technology and regulatory sensitivities.