UK Law and Practice Contributed by: Clare Swirski, E. Drew Dutton, Hugo Laing and Rosamund Wood, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices and approximately 800 law- yers working in nine offices across three continents, within integrated global practices, serving clients around the world. The lawyers prioritise developing a deep understanding of their clients’ business and pursue each matter with intensity and creativity to achieve optimal results. Since opening in 1989, the London office – the firm’s second largest – has de-
veloped remarkable talent and experience in Debev- oise’s core practice areas, including insurance, pri- vate equity, international disputes and investigations, financial institutions, M&A, finance, capital markets and tax. The European insurance practice advises leading (re)insurers and other financial institutions on sophisticated M&A, as well as on capital raises and regulatory issues in the UK and European insurance market.
Authors
Clare Swirski is co-head of the Debevoise London UK/European insurance transactional and regulatory practice, and an international consultant advising insurers and other financial institutions on a range of
Hugo Laing is a partner in the corporate department of Debevoise and a member of the firm’s insurance group. Hugo advises on a wide range
of transactions in the insurance market, including traditional M&A, Part VII transfers, distribution arrangements and risk transfer transactions. He also advises on key insurance regulatory issues, and on significant transactions in the wider financial institutions sector.
transactional and regulatory matters. She has over 25 years’ experience advising on M&A transactions, reinsurance and corporate issues, as well as advising multinational (re)insurers on key regulatory developments impacting the sector. Clare has played an active role in the development of the regulatory environment for (re)insurers in the UK, liaising with HM Treasury on changes to Part VII legislation, responding to European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority Solvency II consultations, and considering issues arising from Brexit as part of the Financial Markets Law Committee.
Rosamund Wood is a counsel in the corporate department of Debevoise and a member of the firm’s insurance group. Ros advises pension trustees, sponsors, insurers and reinsurers on de-risking transactions in the life
insurance sector, including bulk annuities, longevity swaps, longevity and funded reinsurance. She also advises pension scheme trustees and sponsors on a range of pensions and benefit matters, and on the pensions and benefits aspects of both domestic and cross-border corporate transactions.
E. Drew Dutton is co-head of the Debevoise London UK/European insurance transactional and regulatory practice and an insurance M&A partner who regularly represents financial institutions, private equity
sponsors, pension funds and multinational corporations in a broad range of cross-border transactions. In the course of his more than 25-year career with Debevoise, Drew has also been resident in and worked on insurance transactions for the firm’s global insurance practice in its offices in New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Frankfurt. Drew is qualified to practice in England and Wales, New York, Paris and Hong Kong.
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