Debevoise Advises Kelso as part of a Consortium Acquiring Watford in a Transaction Valued at Approximately $700 Million

3 November 2020

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising affiliates of Kelso & Company, as part of a consortium with Arch Capital Group, Ltd. and Warburg Pincus, in the $700 million acquisition of Watford Holdings Ltd., a global property and casualty insurance and reinsurance company (NASDAQ: WTRE). For more information, please see the company’s press release.

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partner Michael Diz and counsel Michael Devins and includes associates David Becker, John Love, Chibundu Okwuosa and Arianna Thompson, benefits counsel Michael Snypes Jr., tax partner Michael Bolotin and associate Sabrina Hsieh.