Nicholas Potter is a corporate partner, Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions ...
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Publications
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Private Credit Investments by Insurance Companies—an Overview of the Regulatory Landscape
19 May 2026
Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Megan K. Arrogante
, Matthew B. Parelman
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Navigating Your Strategic Relationship with an Insurer, from LOI to Effective Date
May 2026
Nicholas F. Potter
, Paulina Stanfel
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Private Equity Report Spring 2026, Vol 26, No 1
May 2026
Catherine Amirfar
, Veronica Aroutiunian
, Vadim Avdeychik
, Megan K. Bannigan
, David H. Bernstein
, Tim Cornell
, Luke Dembosky
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Erez Liebermann
, Yana M. Mereminsky
, Jim Pastore
, Ina Popova
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Rick Sofield
, Paulina Stanfel
, Patricia Volhard
, Jennifer Wheater
, Paul Eastham
, Christopher S. Ford
, Kate Saba
, Andrew Friedman
, Elizabeth Kelley
, Emily Kennedy
, Sabine Violetta Kobienia
, Gabriel A. Kohan
, Lillian Lara
, Amer Mneimneh
, Eric Olmesdahl
, Sam Scarritt-Selman
, Soren Schwab
, Christel Y. Tham
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Activism in the Insurance Industry
2 April 2026
Eric T. Juergens
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
, William D. Regner
, Amy Pereira
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2026 Insurance Industry Outlook
21 January 2026
Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, E. Drew Dutton
, Avi Gesser
, David Grosgold
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Eric T. Juergens
, Hugo Laing
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Kristen A. Matthews
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Paulina Stanfel
, Dr. Clare Swirski
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NAIC Committee Adopts Asset Adequacy Testing Requirements with Significant Commercial Implications for Certain Reinsurance Transactions
31 July 2025
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Megan K. Arrogante
, Clay Cosby
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Practising Law Institute: Insurance and Investment Management M&A Deskbook
21 April 2025
Practising Law Institute
Megan K. Arrogante
, Dominic Blaxill
, Jan Buschmann
, Matthew Dickman
, E. Drew Dutton
, Gregory V. Gooding
, David Grosgold
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Satish M. Kini
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Gregory J. Lyons
, Kristen A. Matthews
, Timothy McIver
, Edwin Northover
, Matthew B. Parelman
, Marc Ponchione
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Daniel Priest
, William D. Regner
, Jeff Robins
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Paulina Stanfel
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Richard Ward
, Sam Whitaker
, Olivia Coral Daniels
, Alexandra Grady
, Laura Jackson
, Katie Power
, Thomas M. Santella
, Niusha Tavassoli
, Alexander R. Cochran
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NAIC Launches New Risk-Based Capital (“RBC”) Task Force
25 February 2025
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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2025 Checklist for Insurance Businesses
21 January 2025
Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, E. Drew Dutton
, Avi Gesser
, David Grosgold
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Eric T. Juergens
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, Erez Liebermann
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Kristen A. Matthews
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Daniel Priest
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Paulina Stanfel
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Activists Target Insurance Industry
8 January 2025
Eric T. Juergens
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Amy Pereira
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Risky Business: NAIC’s Proposal to Limit Disclosure of Risk-Based Capital
6 August 2024
Eric T. Juergens
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Benjamin R. Pedersen
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Paul M. Rodel
, Emma V. Hauber
, John Jacob
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NAIC Issues New Guidance for Review of Affiliated IMAs, “Form A” Applications, and Disclaimers of Affiliation
18 July 2024
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
2 July 2024
Morgan A. Davis
, Eric Dinallo
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Erica S. Weisgerber
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
3 June 2024
Eric Dinallo
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Simone S. Hicks
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Frank Mitchell
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Michael Schaper
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
2 April 2024
Eric Dinallo
, Eric T. Juergens
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Brita M. Siepker
, Ulysses Smith
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10 Things Insurance Companies Should Be Thinking About in 2024
10 January 2024
Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, Avi Gesser
, David Grosgold
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Eric T. Juergens
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, Erez Liebermann
, Kristen A. Matthews
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
5 January 2024
Eric Dinallo
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Frank Mitchell
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Douglas M. Hirn
, Lawrence K. Cagney
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
7 November 2023
Eric Dinallo
, Avi Gesser
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Johanna N. Skrzypczyk
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Insurance Industry Attracts Activists
15 August 2023
Eric T. Juergens
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Kristen A. Matthews
, Nicholas F. Potter
, William D. Regner
, Samuel Siegel
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
August 2023
Charu A. Chandrasekhar
, Eric Dinallo
, Avi Gesser
, Benjamin R. Pedersen
, Nicholas F. Potter
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NAIC Addresses U.S. Insurers’ Use of Offshore Reinsurance
12 July 2023
Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
28 June 2023
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Ulysses Smith
, Brita M. Siepker
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
27 April 2023
Eric Dinallo
, Susan Reagan Gittes
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
13 March 2023
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
30 January 2023
Eric Dinallo
, Susan Reagan Gittes
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Private Equity Report: 2023 Outlook
January 2023
Catherine Amirfar
, Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Jason Auerbach
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Kara Brockmeyer
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Lawrence K. Cagney
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, Christopher Dortschy
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Mark Johnson
, Eric T. Juergens
, Rafael Kariyev
, Satish M. Kini
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Henry Lebowitz
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Timothy McIver
, Benjamin R. Pedersen
, Marc Ponchione
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Julie M. Riewe
, Samantha J. Rowe
, Paul D. Rubin
, Scott B. Selinger
, Jane Shvets
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Patricia Volhard
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Robert T. Dura
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Stuart Hammer
, Sheena Paul
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Jennifer Wheater
, John Young
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Ulysses Smith
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Paul Eastham
, Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
, Christopher Gossage
, Berk Guler
, Yiran Ji
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, James Lapp
, Megan MacDonald
, Emily MacKay
, Melissa Runsten
, Sergio Torres
, Tiffany Wu
, Massy Vainshtein
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
29 December 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Paulina Stanfel
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
30 November 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
31 October 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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New York’s “Best Interest” Rule for Life and Annuities Found Constitutional
21 October 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Susan Reagan Gittes
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Maeve O'Connor
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
17 August 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Erez Liebermann
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Charu A. Chandrasekhar
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
29 July 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Susan Reagan Gittes
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Ulysses Smith
, Brita M. Siepker
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
1 July 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Douglas M. Hirn
, Cara Ortiz
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
26 May 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Paulina Stanfel
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
30 April 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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New York DFS Issues Guidance Regarding Transactions with New York Insurers with Broad View of Potential Control Issues
20 April 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
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DFS Seeking Information on the Use of Personal Credit by New York Insurers
25 March 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
25 March 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Kristen A. Matthews
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
22 February 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
26 January 2022
Eric Dinallo
, Nicholas F. Potter
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2021/2022 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
January 2022
Jonathan Adler
, Catherine Amirfar
, Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Andrew L. Bab
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Ezra Borut
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Eric T. Juergens
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Nicholas P. Pellicani
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Julie M. Riewe
, Scott B. Selinger
, Marc Ponchione
, Thomas Smith
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Christopher Dortschy
, Emily F. Huang
, Jennifer Wheater
, Dominic Blaxill
, Robert T. Dura
, Matthew J. Sacco
, Sheng Shao
, Sergio Torres
, Paul Eastham
, Christopher Gossage
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Sheena Paul
, John Young
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Lukas Ott
, Andrew M. Levine
, Stuart Hammer
, Ulysses Smith
, Luke Dembosky
, Avi Gesser
, Peter J. Irwin
, Ina Popova
, Samantha J. Rowe
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Paul D. Rubin
, Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Melissa Runsten
, Matthew Mrozek
, Michael C. Godbe
, Christel Y. Tham
, Lisa Wang Lachowicz
, Yiran Ji
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Private Equity Report Spring 2021, Vol 21, No 1
May 2021
Christopher Anthony
, Paul S. Bird
, E. Raman Bet-Mansour
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, Gregory V. Gooding
, David Grosgold
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Uri Herzberg
, Eric T. Juergens
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Marc Ponchione
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Julie M. Riewe
, Samantha J. Rowe
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, James C. Scoville
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Scott B. Selinger
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Patricia Volhard
, Matthew Dickman
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Spencer K. Gilbert
, Matthew B. Parelman
, Brett M. Novick
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The Future at Lloyd’s: Blueprint Two
6 November 2020
Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, John M. Vasily
, Philip Orange
, Katie Power
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Debevoise Alert – DFS Seeking Coronavirus Plans and Business Interruption Information from New York Insurers
11 March 2020
Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Nicholas F. Potter
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Insurance Investments: Key Considerations for Investors in the United States, Europe and Asia
May 2021
Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Eric T. Juergens
, Edwin Northover
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Matthew B. Parelman
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