Elena Coyle
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
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About
Provided by Elena Coyle
Practice Areas
Elena M. Coyle advises on a diverse range of complex corporate transactions, reinsurance matters, regulatory representations and strategic initiatives on behalf of insurers in the life and annuity, P&C, health, LTC and surety markets. Ms. Coyle is also a trusted advisor and dealmaker to asset managers and private equity sponsors in acquisitions and investments in the insurance industry, insurtech firms (in particular, in the transition to "full stacked" carriers) and other corporate clients in developing solutions for risk mitigation, including the establishment of captive insurance programs. Ms. Coyle’s deep experience includes mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (both domestic and cross-border), reinsurance, de-SPAC’s, renewal rights transactions, mutual-to-mutual and MHC transactions, intercompany reorganizations and restructurings, sidecars and ILS transactions, and advising clients in evaluating new and emerging transaction structures, including divisions and insurance business transfers.
Professional Memberships
Ms. Coyle serves on Skadden’s Pro Bono Committee and Immigration Impact Group Steering Committee and dedicates substantial time to diverse hiring and professional women’s initiatives.
Personal
J.D., Stanford Law School (Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties); B.A., University of Virginia (With Highest Distinction; Echols Scholar)
Chambers Review
USA
Elena Coyle is recognized for her work in complex and high-value insurance and reinsurance transactions. She frequently acts for major insurers and is cohead of the insurance M&A and reinsurance group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Elena is clearly an expert in her field, assisting with not only the legal aspects of the transaction but also with strategy and approach."
"Elena is clearly an expert in her field, assisting with not only the legal aspects of the transaction but also with strategy and approach."