Melanie James
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Insurance: Non-contentious
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About
Provided by Melanie James
Career
Melanie James is a partner in Corporate & Financial Services Department and a member of Willkie’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group. Melanie is an insurance sector leader with over 20 years' experience handling (re)insurance transactional, commercial and regulatory matters, gained both in-house and in private practice. She uniquely combines her experience across these disciplines to provide her clients with exceptional and very well-informed advice. Melanie advises on all aspects of non-contentious insurance transactions including domestic and cross-border M&A (both buy and sell side), joint ventures, reorganizations (including SE and cross-border mergers), portfolio transfers and complex reinsurance transactions, international distribution arrangements as well as structuring, formation and licensing of (re)insurance platforms and PRA, FCA and Lloyd's regulation.
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Chambers Review
UK
Melanie James is noted for her work on insurance M&A and reinsurance transactions. She is also regularly sought out by clients to provide regulatory advice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She has been consistently gone above and beyond to address time sensitive and critical matters, and to find commercial solutions to challenging problems."
"She has been consistently gone above and beyond to address time sensitive and critical matters, and to find commercial solutions to challenging problems."