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Insurance and pensions

Cains

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The insurance and reinsurance team at Cains provides the full spectrum of regulatory and transactional assistance to some of the biggest names in the industry. members of the team are equipped to handle the biggest transactions in the sector, both on a domestic and multijurisdictional level. Tristan Head regularly supports clients with regulatory matters in addition to handling international transactions involving Isle of Man businesses. Jonathan Latham handles a wide range of insurance matters, including complex multijurisdictional reorganisations of groups of insurance companies. Lindsey Bermingham has significant litigation experience, while Scott Leonard-Morgan has a strong reputation for insurance transactional work.

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  • ‘Their people are knowledgeable about their areas of practice.’

  • ‘Jonathan Latham is attentive, responsive and knowledgeable.’

  • ‘Cains are strong in insurance regulatory work. I am comfortable going to them for all such questions and have been satisfied with what they have done.’

  • ‘Jonathan Latham is efficient, responsive and is a good representative of the firm. His advice is clear and needs little comment or input.'

  • ‘They are very responsive and helpful. they have a good network to provide further contacts’

  • ‘Jonathan Latham advised us on Insurance wrappers. He has an excellent knowledge of the topic and pointed a few things out to us that were very helpful.’

  • ‘Availability of staff, professionalism & response time, subject matter expertise.’

  • ‘Jonathan Latham and Tristan Head are a pleasure to work with and are the "go to" people in the Isle of Man for Insurance and Commercial matters.’

Lawyers

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Jonathan Latham
Cains
Jonathan is joint head of Cains’ top tier Insurance team.  He practiced in Johannesburg and London before joining Cains in 2005. He has extensive experience advising on domestic and cross-border transactions involving life companies, general insurers, reinsurers, insurance intermediaries and insurance managers. He also regularly advises on insurance regulatory matters.  Jonathan is an independent non-executive director on the boards of a number of insurance companies. Jonathan is ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ by The Legal 500. 
Tristan Head
Cains
Tristan is a Director and joint head of our top tier Corporate and Commercial team. He is one of the Isle of Man’s leading corporate lawyers and has over 20 years’ experience of advising on complex corporate, commercial and finance transactions. In addition to advising on domestic and cross-border corporate finance transactions including initial public offerings, rights issues and public/private bond issues, Tristan has extensive experience advising on local and multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions primarily involving financial services businesses. He also regularly advises on corporate restructurings, banking and finance transactions, captive insurance structuring matters and joint venture arrangements. Together with Lindsey Bermingham, Tristan co-leads our Regulatory team which provides contentious and non-contentious advice on all Isle of Man regulatory matters. Tristan is ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ in both the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets and Corporate and Commercial categories by The Legal 500 UK 2021.  Clients praise Tristan for providing a high calibre of work and being extremely responsive, knowledgeable and personable. He is also praised by clients for his strong attention to detail, integrity and commitment.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tristan Head, Jonathan Latham, Lindsey Bermingham

Other key lawyers

Scott Leonard-Morgan

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