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Provided by Yannis Samothrakis
Yannis is a partner in the Insurance department in Paris.
Yannis assists clients on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, in particular mergers, acquisitions and insurance / reinsurance portfolio transfers. Yannis also advises clients on French domestic and European regulatory matters such as the cross-border provision of insurance and reinsurance services, branch business across the EU, compliance with French law provisions for European or non-European insurers and reinsurers.
Prior to joining Taylor Wessing, Yannis was a partner in major US and UK law firms. He previously worked at the Economics & Finance Committee of the European insurance and reinsurance federation (Insurance Europe) in Brussels, as well as for Skandia Life in the UK. He holds a Masters degree from Warwick Business School and a law degree from Lille University in France. He teaches insurance law at the Insurance Institute of Paris at Paris Dauphine University.
Yannis is a member of the legal commission and of the run-off working group of the Association of French Reinsurance Professionals (APREF) and participated in the work of the legal working group set-up by the French Treasury on the transposition of Solvency II. Yannis has also been appointed as an expert on the EC’s Expert Group on a European Insurance Contract Law.
Insurance & reinsurance
Retail & consumer
Commercial
Corporate
Technology, outsourcing & data
Yannis fluently speaks French, Greek and English.
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Yannis Samothrakis advises insurance companies on the drafting of insurance policies and compliance mandates as well as transactional insurance cases.
Yannis Samothrakis conseille les compagnies d’assurance dans la rédaction de polices d’assurance et de mandats de conformité ainsi que dans des dossiers d’assurance transactionnels.
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Yannis is just amazing. I would go to him in France for insurance cases.
Yannis Samothrakis is very strategic and can really work in details. He gives simple, straightforward and clear answers. He is eager to assist and is available.
Yannis Samothrakis est très stratégique et peut vraiment travailler dans les détails. Il donne des réponses simples, directes et claires. Il est impliquée et disponible.
Yannis est tout simplement incroyable. Je fais appel à lui en France pour des dossiers d’assurance.
Yannis is just amazing. I would go to him in France for insurance cases.
Yannis Samothrakis is very strategic and can really work in details. He gives simple, straightforward and clear answers. He is eager to assist and is available.
Yannis Samothrakis est très stratégique et peut vraiment travailler dans les détails. Il donne des réponses simples, directes et claires. Il est impliquée et disponible.
Yannis est tout simplement incroyable. Je fais appel à lui en France pour des dossiers d’assurance.
