Dentons’ insurance advisory practice is cross-border and multidisciplinary in scope, bringing corporate, tax, and employment law specialist to insurance law transactions and regulatory cases. The digitalisation of insurance services has also been a recent growth area. With a background in acting for financial institutions on regulatory questions, Kai Goretzky leads the team and advises on insurance contract and European supervisory law questions for large group insurers, insurtechs, and cyber insurers. Other leading individuals include Michael Graf and Andreas Berberich, who advise on tax compliance and risk matters.
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  • ‘Very responsive. I trust Dentons to look after my best interests.’
  • ‘Andreas Berberich is our go-to advisor in Germany. He is a fantastic advisor who has supported our business since the early days together. We really value him. He is a credit to the business.’
  • 'What truly makes this practice unique is the team itself. In particular, working with Kai Goretzky is an outstanding experience - he is highly supportive, collaborative, and a real pleasure to work with. Behind him stands a team that is exceptionally precise and specialised, which gives clients confidence that matters are handled with the highest level of professionalism.'
  • 'Among the individuals I have had the privilege to work with, Kai Goretzky stands out in a truly exceptional way. He combines an approachable, warm personality with the highest level of professionalism, creating a working relationship that is both effective and genuinely enjoyable.'

Key clients

  • FC St. Pauli
  • Deutsche Vermögensberatung
  • AIG
  • BARMER Ersatzkasse
  • Ambridge GmbH & Co KG
  • Baloise Vie
  • CherryHUB
  • COGITANDA
  • Zero Insurance
  • Gothaer Finanzholding AG
  • Nissan Insurance International Ltd.
  • Prisma Life

Work highlights

Advised FC St. Pauli on the framework of an innovative financing method and the preparation of a voluntary information document in connection with the establishment of a cooperative, comparable to an FCSP eG and a mutual insurance association.
Provided comprehensive legal advice to BARMER Ersatzkasse on the company’s withdrawal from gkv Informatik.

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Practice head

Kai Goretzky

Other key lawyers

Michael Graf; Andreas Berberich