Debevoise Advises Goldman Sachs in the Launch of West Grove Re

4 August 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Goldman Sachs in its strategic partnership with Talcott Financial Group, an international life insurance group, to launch West Grove Re, Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurance sidecar. For more information, see the press release.

The Debevoise team is led by insurance M&A partners Nicholas Potter and Paulina Stanfel and includes counsel Brita Siepker and associates Saraya Ivanova, Xuan Yi Lee and Alexia Turpin, finance partner Sunil Savkar and associate Max Lovrin, tax partners Daniel Priest and Jennifer Wheater, counsel Paul Eastham and associates Samana Bhatta and Sabrina Hsieh, investment management partners Jonathan Adler and Marc Ponchione, counsel Xiao Luo and associates Julia Czyzowicz, Daniel Jaret and Collin Marino and banking partner Satish Kini and counsel Patrick Fuller.