Known for providing full coverage insurance advice for its clients, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP‘s insurance team advises clients on M&A, portfolio transfers, and reinsurance transactions. Geoffrey Maddock has experience in advising on demutualisations, regulatory capital, and securitisation within the insurance sector, as well as providing a broad range of legal and regulatory advice to insurers and reinsurers. Barnaby Hinnigan oversees the practice and is the key contact for advising banks and asset managers on complex M&A and restructuring transactions. Grant Murtagh’s expertise lies in large, complex (re)insurance transactions; he is also well-versed in the regulatory regime that involves (re)insurers and (re)insurance brokers.
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- ‘The firm has a strong insurance team.’
- ‘Grant Murtagh is great to work with in terms of technical knowledge and being pragmatic.’
- ‘HSF's insurance team is great to work with. They really understand our business and provide clear and practical advice that's tailored to our needs.’
- ‘Grant Murtagh is great to work with. He's very responsive, has excellent technical knowledge, and provides us with clear and practical advice.
- ‘I have worked with the HSF corporate insurance team in the past and rate them very highly. Over the last year, they provided support to their securitisation team on a transaction we were working on. It was great to have their market and regulatory experience.’
- ‘Geoff Maddock is a legend, all over the detail and gives great strategic advice. Sena Calin is an extremely able associate.’
Key clients
- Phoenix Group
- The Ardonagh Group
- Pension Insurance Corporation
- Canada Life Group (UK) Limited
- Aon
- Royal London
- Association of British Insurers (ABI)
- The Baldwin Group
- Willis Towers Watson (WTW)
- Pool Re
- Hiscox
- Miller
Work highlights
Advised Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of its £6billion Scottish Widows bulk annuity portfolio to Rothesay
Advised Saga on its proposed 20-year partnership with Ageas, which will manage Saga's motor and home insurance products and acquire Saga's underwriting subsidiary
Advised Aon on the establishment of the Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Guarantee Facility (URGF) in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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Practice head
Barnaby Hinnigan
Other key lawyers
Grant Murtagh; Alison Matthews; Julia Danskin; Geoffrey Maddock; Sena Calin