John Schwolsky > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Described as ‘highly responsive, very experienced and a pleasure to deal with,’ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s insurance transactional and regulatory practice is renowned for its handling of significant M&A, capital markets, and ILS/alternative risk transfer transactional matters within the insurance industry. The practice boasts a unique strength in alternative risk transfer reinsurance cessions, catering to both risk sellers and buyers. Co-headed by Alexander Dye and John Schwolsky in New York, the practice focuses on M&A, capital markets insurance transactions, and the restructuring of troubled insurers, alongside demutualization transactions. Other key figures in the New York practice include corporate and securities law specialist Michael Groll, reinsurance transactions expert Elizabeth Bannigan, and Allison Tam, co-chair of the insurance regulatory group, renowned for her strong national and international restructuring transaction expertise. Kara Baysinger, based in San Francisco, serves as co-chair of the firm’s insurance regulatory and insurtech groups, representing national and international insurance and reinsurance companies, insurtech, and technology companies on a wide array of regulatory, compliance, and strategic matters.