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Dr Kai Goretzky

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+49 69 450012 460 kai.goretzky@dentons.com View profile

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Dr. Kai Goretzky is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office where he leads the insurance practice. Kai has specialized in European insurance supervisory law, intermediary law and insurance contract law as well as the specific compliance issues of insurance. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in cross-border insurance matters. Kai advises insurers, intermediaries and insurtechs in the context of the continuous adaptation of their business models to the requirements of European insurance supervisory law (Solvency II, IDD) and sustainability requirements for financial-service providers (SFDR). His current focus of legal practice is on the digitalization of the insurance industry through insurtechs, automated processes and artificial intelligence (AI). Furthermore, Kai advises banks and funds on the regulatory structuring of capital investments for insurance companies.

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, Frankfurt, 2020 to date
  • Counsel, Dentons, Frankfurt, 2018-2020
  • Director Legal & Tax, Community Life, 2013-2018
  • Director, Legal & Tax, Deloitte, 2011-2013
  • Senior Manager, PwC, 1998-2011

Education

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 1998

University of Hamburg, 1998, Dr. iur.

Legal clerkship, 1995-1998, Hannover and Düsseldorf

Queen Mary & Westfield College, 1995, LL.M., London, Centre for Commercial Law Studies

University of Hamburg, 1994, Legal studies

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Insurance > Advice to insurers

Dentons impresses with its expertise in insurance distribution and supervision as well as the interface expertise in insurance contract, corporate, antitrust and tax law. Kai Goretzky leads both the German and European insurance practice and demonstrates particular strength in European insurance supervisory, broker and insurance contract law as well as in compliance matters; his current advisory focus includes the digitisation of the insurance industry via insurtechs, automatic processes and AI, as well as the distribution of sustainable insurance products. Michael Graf (head of German and European tax practice) is the key contact for tax law issues. Andreas Berberich primarily advises on W&I insurance and tax risk insurance matters.

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