St. Louis-based Kevin Fischer and New York-based Robert Romano co-lead the transactional and regulatory piece of the insurance and reinsurance offering at Norton Rose Fulbright. The team advises a range of industry players on cross-border private equity, venture capital, and other investments in the insurance space, insurance company formation, receiverships, regulatory issues, and more. In St. Louis,Michael Schwartz is noted for advising investors and insurers on a range of transactional and corporate issues, Bruce Baty specializes in insurance insolvencies, and Jodi Adolf works with various entities, from InsurTech clients to MGAs. Cameron Gourlay supports clients with M&A, corporate, and securities matters from the New York office.
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Key clients
- Zurich Insurance Group
- Wawanesa Insurance
- AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
- Acrisure
- Ambac Financial Group
- QBE Insurance
- American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
- PartnerRe
- Altamont Capital Partners
- Accelerant Holdings
Work highlights
- Advised Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company on the sale of its U.S. subsidiary, Wawanesa General Insurance Company, to an affiliate of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
- Advised Partner Reinsurance Company of the US (PartnerRe), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Partner Reinsurance Group, Ltd., on its equity investment in Dellwood Insurance Group.
- Advised Zurich Insurance Group on its Series C funding of Cowbell.
Lawyers
Practice head
Kevin Fischer; Robert Romano
Other key lawyers
Michael Schwartz; Bruce Baty; Jodi Adolf; Cameron Gourlay