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Macfarlanes LLP Offices

20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Andrew Barton

Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Andrew is a corporate insurance lawyer with expertise in a wide range of insurance transactional and advisory work, advising insurers, reinsurers and corporate clients on insurance matters. He is a leading practitioner in the field of insurance de-risking solutions for defined pension schemes.
Andrew has broad experience of specialist insurance and reinsurance transactions as well as corporate and commercial matters in the insurance sector. He regularly advises insurers, reinsurers and pension schemes on complex defined benefit pension risk transfer transactions including longevity swaps, bulk annuity transactions, pension scheme buy-ins and buy-outs and associated collateral structures. He has extensive experience advising on insurance M&A transactions, M&A insurance (W&I policies), regulatory matters, commercial insurance policy negotiation, reinsurance, distribution agreements and trade credit insurance. He is a recognised expert on director liability protection, including director & officer (D&O) and POSI insurance and associated director indemnification issues.
Andrew is Editor of Butterworths Insurance Law Handbook (15th edition) and a contributor to the ICSA Directors’ Handbook – chapters on D&O Insurance and director indemnification. Andrew is recognised in respect of Insurance Corporate and Regulatory in The Legal 500 UK 2015.
Andrew is a member of the City of London Law Society Insurance Law Committee.
Career
Partner 2015
Memberships
Member of the City of London Law Society Insurance Law Committee.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
Utilising the expertise of the firm’s pensions and insurance departments, Macfarlanes LLP provides expert advice to clients on a broad range of pensions matters and insurance-based pension risk transfer transactions, as well as advising on scheme management issues; the team also assists with pension aspects of corporate transactions and restructurings. The team is led by Faye Jarvis, who handles complex funding arrangements, liability management issues, mergers and demergers; and Andrew Barton, who excels in de-risking work. Madison Kaur has significant experience in advising insurers and reinsurers on pension de-risking issues.
London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
(Firms to watch)Headed up by Andrew Barton, Macfarlanes LLP‘s insurance practice is highlighted for its strong position in the pension risk transfer market, as well as boasting regulatory expertise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Pensions (non-contentious) London > Employment
- Firms to watch London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory