About

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Debevoise's insurance practice advises leading insurers and reinsurers, new market participants, brokers and investment banks, with particular experience in the U.S., Latin America, Bermuda, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. This global experience means the European team remains highly familiar with the specific commercial and regulatory contexts of the sector across broad geographies.

The team acts on sophisticated cross-border mergers & acquisitions within Europe, as well as capital market transactions and demutualizations. It also advises on a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products.

In its M&A and capital markets experience in particular, the team is distinct. It fields teams few other firms can match to work simultaneously on M&A and capital market matters. In this way, clients benefit from a team able to handle equity raises, stock purchase agreements, reserve financings, reinsurance agreements and bank debt transactions, all in connection with a single transaction.

Debevoise’s European Insurance practice also includes leading U.S. and UK-qualified tax, finance, regulatory and competition lawyers. The team’s experience in advising U.S., Asian and European clients on insurance transactions has given it valuable insight into the differences in approaches among various regimes. Clients rely on the team not just to track the latest regulatory developments, but also to help them design these transactions to address the changing regulatory environment.

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What the Team is Known For

Debevoise & Plimpton has a robust team advising on a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters for newly-formed and established insurers and reinsurers. The team's expertise ranges from Solvency II issues and licensing matters for startups to complex cross-border M&A transactions. The firm is noted for its strength in providing UK regulatory advice and transactional support to international clients, particularly in the USA. Its lawyers are also able to advise private equity funds and other investors on insurance-related investments.

Work Highlights

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  • Debevoise & Plimpton advised Compre on its entry into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance agreement with SiriusPoint.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Clare Swirski
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Clare Swirski
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Clare Swirski is routinely sought-out by multinational insurers in relation to a plethora of corporate and regulatory matters. She adeptly advises on cross-border transactions and has notable experience advising clients based in Bermuda.

"Clare has very strong knowledge of regulatory regimes and industry trends."

"Clare is great at handling very complicated issues in a calm and commercial manner."

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Clare Swirski
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Clare Swirski
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Members

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Benjamin Lyon

Clare Swirski

James C. Scoville

Head of Department