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Sarah Demerling
- Phone+1 441 242 1525
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Work Department
Insurance
Position
Partner
Career
Sarah leads the Bermuda Insurance practice and leads our Investment Funds practice with a specialty in insurance-linked securities (ILS).
She has over two decades of experience in the Bermuda legal market and is widely recognised as the go-to in her field.
Sarah is a trusted advisor on all facets of Bermuda corporate and regulatory law. She has extensive market experience in advising on a range of structures and providing counsel to major international (re)insurers (covering both P&C and long term(life)), sponsors, asset managers, private equity houses and principals on the formation, licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements of applicable vehicles, as well as M&A and alternative risk financing transactions (including catbonds and side-cars).
She works closely with our Fintech team in all aspects that span from insurtech, innovative insurer, and tokenised funds, and is known for her commercial and innovative approach.
Languages
English / French / German
Memberships
Sarah heads the ILS Market Intelligence work stream of ILS Bermuda, which includes the ILS task force, and a member of the Bermuda Government appointed Economic Substance working group for Funds.
She is also a member of the Captive Committee of the Bermuda Business Development Agency as well as a member of the Asset Management Committee; as well as the Chair of AIMA Bermuda and a co-founder of 100 Women in Finance, Bermuda.