The multidisciplinary practice at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s insurance team offers a comprehensive range of services spanning complex transactions, representation for insurers, reinsurers, and private equity funds in high-value M&A and financing endeavors, as well as assistance with intricate pension risk transfers and cross-border deals. Led by seasoned corporate partners Marilyn Lion and Nicholas Potter, based in New York, the practice boasts a diverse group of lawyers dedicated to M&A, finance, capital markets, regulatory compliance, taxation, and litigation. Further notable figures in New York include Alexander Cochran, specializing in insurance industry transactions and David Grosgold offering expertise in domestic and international corporate transactions. Additionally, Drew Dutton heads the firm’s private funds transactions group, bringing valuable experience in anchor investments, co-investments, joint ventures, and secondaries transactions; while Eric Dinallo, chairs the insurance regulatory practice. Notably, this year saw recent additions to the practice’s partner ranks, including Andrew Jamieson, promoted to partner in 2022, focusing on advising private equity firms and corporate clients on intricate transactions and Kristen Matthews, elevated to partner in May 2023, both based in New York.
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‘Regarding the regulatory department, the amazing connections it has with various state regulatory departments. The Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys have access to all levels of state regulatory personnel, including the highest levels where change can be implemented.’
‘Eric Dinallo and Marshal Bozzo are an amazing team! They both formerly worked at the DFS and were able to communicate on the client's behalf with all levels of DFS personnel in order to effectuate the implementation of a program in under six weeks. In contrast, a competitor in seven months achieved half the results that Eric and Marshal completed in one tenth of the time.’
Clients clés
- American International Group
- Bain Capital
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Constellation Insurance Holdings
- Covéa Mutual Insurance Group
- Everest Re
- Fortitude Group Holdings LLC
- Global Atlantic Financial Group
- Manulife Financial
- MetLife Insurance Company
Points forts
- Advising Fortitude Re in its $28 billion reinsurance transaction with The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (Lincoln Financial Group), where Lincoln will reinsure a large piece of its universal life insurance and fixed annuity business to Fortitude subject to customary regulatory approvals.
- Advising The Prudential Insurance Company of America in the sale of a group annuity contract to IBM, a transaction valued at $16 billion and the largest pension risk transfer transaction since 2012.
- Advised Constellation Insurance Holdings, Inc., backed by institutional investors Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) in a $10 billion block reinsurance transaction by its subsidiary The Ohio National Life Insurance Company with Pruco Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of Prudential Financial.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.
Les grands avocats du marché
Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.
Alexander Cochran
Marilyn Lion
Responsable de la pratique
Marilyn Lion; Nicholas Potter
Autres avocats clés
Alexander Cochran; David Grosgold; Drew Dutton; Andrew Jamieson; Kristen Matthews; Eric Dinallo