African Insurance M&A Roundtable Discussion
For this roundtable seminar a group of leading transactional lawyers in African insurance M&A, including Rosa Nduati-Mutero from Anjarwalla & Khanna in Kenya, Gbolahan Elias from G Elias & Co in Nigeria, and Francisco Khoza from Bowman Gilfillan in South Africa, will join us in examining the current state of insurance mergers and acquisitions in Africa.
Topics will include:
- outline of current opportunities for global insurers in Africa
- legal framework for undertaking insurance M&A in Africa
- local ownership requirements and other structuring considerations
- regulatory restrictions and limitation on insurance businesses, bancassurance, cross-border services restrictions and transfer pricing limitations
- corruption, compliance and risk management
- local reserving/capital requirements, off-shore reinsurance opportunities, and associated mandatory cessions rules
- general issues with executing M&A deals in Africa: investment protections, relevant investment treaties, recent case studies and deal insights
- exit strategies and ability to return capital