Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Insurance/Mergers and Acquisitions

Jared Wilner is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, where he leads the Firm’s insurance transactional and regulatory team. He has extensive experience advising domestic and international insurers, reinsurers, investors and other industry participants on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reinsurance transactions, and capital raising transactions. His work also spans related regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues, as well as bespoke investment structures designed to meet the needs of insurers and asset managers.

Prior to private practice, Jared served at the New York State Department of Financial Services, and later as corporate counsel at Prudential Insurance’s life and annuities business units.

Practicing since 2007; joined Simpson Thacher as a partner in 2026. Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Jared was a partner at another international law firm.

Fordham University School of Law, 2007 J.D. New York University, 2004 B.A.