Stuart Carruthers
Canada Guide 2025
Band 1 : Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
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About
Provided by Stuart Carruthers
Practice Areas
Stuart Carruthers is a partner and member of the Insurance & Reinsurance, Financial Products & Services, and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. He is widely recognized as the preeminent transactional, commercial, governance and regulatory advisor to insurance and reinsurance companies and brokers in Canada. Stuart is repeatedly cited for both his transactional and regulatory expertise in the industry by numerous leading directories, including Chambers – Band 1, IFLR1000 – Market Leader in Canada, Who’s Who Legal: Canada – Most Highly Recommended Practitioner, and Lexpert – Most Highly Recommended in Ontario.
Stuart has particular expertise in insurance, reinsurance and related financial services transactions and regulatory matters, including acquisitions and dispositions of insurers and books of business, formation and licensing of insurers and intermediaries, financing transactions, outsourcing transactions, white labelling initiatives and advice on a broad range of distribution, market conduct, compliance and other regulatory matters.
Stuart has acted on more than 30 completed sales of Canadian insurance companies.
Chambers Review
Canada
Stuart Carruthers is widely regarded as a market-leading practitioner in the Canadian insurance market. He is frequently sought out by insurers and reinsurers to assists with related financial services transactions and regulatory matters, including acquisitions and dispositions of insurers, formation and licensing, and white labelling initiatives.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stuart Carruthers is an excellent lawyer and we rely on his deep and broad insurance regulatory expertise."
"Stuart is very well-informed and aligns his advice commensurate with the risk appetite of the organisation when providing meaningful, pragmatic and timely advice."
"He is very responsive, he provides expert advice and has an understanding of emerging trends in the industry."
"Stuart Carruthers is an excellent lawyer and we rely on his deep and broad insurance regulatory expertise."
"Stuart is very well-informed and aligns his advice commensurate with the risk appetite of the organisation when providing meaningful, pragmatic and timely advice."
"He is very responsive, he provides expert advice and has an understanding of emerging trends in the industry."
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