Insurance: Non-contentious (International Firms)
Greater China Region Guide 2024 : China
Band 2
Email address
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02073 490 296Chambers Review
DLA Piper is a global powerhouse with extensive experience advising across an array of non-contentious matters. The firm is regularly engaged by both domestic and international clients on a variety of cross-border corporate transactions, leveraging its notable insurance teams in Singapore and Thailand. It also advises notable insurers and reinsurers on policy wording and coverage issues. The department's workload includes advising clients active in Mainland China and Hong Kong on complex regulatory issues, and the firm is able to assist with regulatory exemption applications following complex transactions. The firm includes Aetna International, Liberty Mutual and AIG among its clients.
Work Highlights
- DLA Piper represented Aetna International in negotiating a strategic sale and partnership agreement with Allianz covering several jurisdictions in Greater China and South-East Asia.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"DLA Piper is an experienced firm with great technical abilities."
"The regulatory advice we get in China is very well delivered and helps us address the issues we have around the region."
"DLA Piper is an experienced firm with great technical abilities."
"The regulatory advice we get in China is very well delivered and helps us address the issues we have around the region."
Notable Practitioners
Cheong Heng Loong advises insurers and reinsurers on transactional and regulatory matters, including warranty and indemnity insurance. His transactional insurance expertise covers the acquisition and disposal of insurance assets in Hong Kong and across the Asia-Pacific region.
"He has a switched-on legal mind with a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory environment."
"He has a practical and commercial approach and he's very good to deal with."
Roy Chan is based in the firm's Shanghai office. He is a notable transactional insurance lawyer with extensive knowledge of corporate and M&A and restructuring deals for Chinese and international clients.
"Roy Chan is customer-centric."
Ranked Lawyers at
DLA Piper LLP
China