A&O Shearman is a popular address for national and international insurance and reinsurance companies, investors, insurtechs, financial distributors and asset managers, which instruct the team on domestic and cross-border transactions, structuring measures as well as ongoing corporate law and regulatory issues. In addition, the team is well versed in matters pertaining to company pensions, here, practice head Jan Schröder is a key contact; he also offers comprehensive support in all aspects of insurance company, regulatory and corporate law as well as insurance-related M&A transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'Legal expertise combined with a strong understanding of economic contexts and the industry.'
- 'Jan Schröder is an excellent lawyer and top consultant with extreme reliability.'
- 'The A&O Shearman team is very well positioned and extremely competent.'
Key clients
- Allianz Gruppe
- Athora Group
- BNP Paribas
- Canada Life Group
- Deutsche BetriebsRenten Holding
- FM Global
- Frankfurter Leben Guppe
- Gallagher European Holdings
- Markel Insurance Group
- Munich Re
- Swiss Life Gruppe
- Trupanion
Work highlights
Advising the Frankfurter Leben Group on the acquisition of Generali Deutschland Pensionskasse AG (now Frankfurter Pensionskasse AG) from Generali Deutschland AG.
Advising Zurich Group Germany in the context of an auction process on the sale of its portfolio of traditional life insurance policies to Viridium, a specialist in the management of life insurance portfolios in Germany, including post-signature advice and the completion of the transaction.
Advising Swiss Life on the establishment of a German life insurance company in the form of a European Company (SE) and transfer of the business of the German branch to this new life insurance company based in Germany.
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Practice head
Jan Schröder
Other key lawyers
Achim Schmid; Hans Diekmann