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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

1 MINSTER COURT, MINCING LANE, LONDON, EC3R 7YL, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7459 5000
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Fax 020 7459 5099
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William Marcoux

Tel:
Work +44 20 7459 5001
Email:
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Position

Co-head of the global insurance industry sector group, handling a wide variety of M&A, capital raising, traditional regulatory work; provides strategic advice to numerous insurance groups; last year, led the LeBoeuf team advising on the redomestication of Omega Underwriting Holdings to Bermuda; also advised several London market insurers in connection with capital raising initiatives, primarily private equity transactions and advising similar groups on business development strategies in the US and Europe; has also been lead counsel to a coalition of EU reinsurers who are seeking to lower collateral requirements in the US (this coalition has been led by the IUA); also advises EU and US-based insurers on compliance-related matters.

Career

Trained LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; Dewey & LeBoeuf (formerly LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae) 1981 to date; worked in New York, Washington and San Francisco offices, currently based in London; partner 1990.

Member

Registered foreign lawyer, The Law Society of England & Wales and Hong Kong Law Society; Bar of New York, California and District Columbia.

Education

Parkside High School; University of Michigan (1978 BA cum laude Highest Honours in English); University of Michigan Law School (1981 JD Law).

Leisure

Numerous sports, including skiing, mountain biking, tennis, theatre and travel.

Practice Areas

Insurance (non-contentious); M&A

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