Cains' insurance practice acts on a broad array on insurance and pension matters, with a range of experience across the team in regulatory compliance, litigation, and corporate and commercial law. The highly experienced Tristan Head provides comprehensive insurance advice in the context of corporate transactions, many of which are multi-jurisdictional, and Scott Leonard-Morgan leads on insurance asset management and transfers. Richard Kniveton joined the firm in September 2024.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team at Cains is commercially minded, pragmatic and quite accustomed to working collaboratively with banks, overseas lawyers, accountants and the various other parties usually involved in complex multijurisdictional transactions.'
- 'Tristan Head and Scott Leonard-Morgan are very experienced in large corporate insurance transactions and accustomed to providing insurance regulatory advice on a diverse range of issues that come up from time to time.'
Key clients
- Isle of Man Assurance Limited
- Friends Provident International Limited
Work highlights
Acting for Isle of Man Assurance Limited on all legal and regulatory aspects concerned with the sale of its long-term wealth business to International Financial Group Limited.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Tristan Head
Other key lawyers
Scott Leonard-Morgan; Richard Kniveton