Manuel Baroch Castellvi

• Advising life insurers in contractual questions especially regarding product development.
• Advising insurance companies in all supervisory issues.
• Advising institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) in contractual and supervisory issues.
• Advising public occupational pensions institutions regarding restructuring issues.
• Advising on the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD).
• Advising on setting up pension funds.

Manuel is the author of several publications in law journals. He is co-editor of the recently in a second edition published commentary on the VAG Brand/Baroch Castellvi. He is also author of the commentary Rüffer/Halbach/Schimikowski, VVG, as well as Präve, Life Insurance.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Manuel has more than 20 years of experience working as an in-house lawyer in the insurance industry with a focus on product development for life insurance and occupational pensions as well as on insurance supervisory law. Manuel was also involved in health insurance issues and belonged to commissions and task forces of the association of the German insurance industry during this time. In addition Manuel has worked for other German law firms for several years.