DLA Piper

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

Advising a high-profile mutual life insurer on its complex restructuring and sale to a life and pensions consolidator via a scheme of arrangement and Part VII transfer transferring close to GBP6.2bn of policyholder assets.
Advising a private equity consortium led by a global alternative investment manager on its acquisition of a top-five Lloyd’s business for USD950m from a multinational Asian insurance group.
Advising a global insurance group on the sale of its UK run-off subsidiaries to a non-life run-off consolidator owned by private capital, including related reinsurance arrangements.
Advising a Lloyd’s insurance business on several transactions including (i) its acquisition of another Lloyd’s business and related reinsurance to close of existing syndicate liabilities, (ii) the inward investment by a strategic investor and (iii) raising in excess of USD450 of new equity in a Lloyd’s context.
Advising a leading global reinsurance and insurance company on several transactions including (i) its acquisition of the mature savings business from a financial services and asset management company for GBP650m and (ii) its acquisition of the heritage life and pensions business from a British multinational wealth management company for GBP425m.
Advising Lloyd’s of London on its market wide Brexit restructuring and the transfer of all non-life Lloyd’s business to a new European entity and the related reinsurance arrangements.
Advising a global insurance corporation on several matters including (i) the sale of its interest in a Lloyd’s business to the investment division of a large state owned pension fund (ii) its Brexit restructuring and transfers of its UK and European business and (iii) an acquisition by its life insurance division.
Advising a global professional services firm on the transfer of GBP3.4bn of longevity risk liabilities from its UK pension fund to reinsurance capital.
Advising a global US bank on several transactions including its (i) acquisition of the UK’s largest online wealth manager, (ii) acquisition of an equity management platform and (iii) investment into a payments business.
Advising a global bank on its defence against an activist campaign coordinated by one of its largest shareholders calling for a break-up of the banking group.
Advising a West Coast multinational transportation company providing ride-hailing services on several cross-border transactions in Europe.
Advising the financial sponsor and management sellers of a leading independent oil and gas company on its sale to a multinational energy company for USD4.9bn.