A Clyde & Co equity partner is set to join The Ince Group, making her the first major exit from the firm as early-stage merger talks continue with BLM. Partner Jennette Newman is to leave after three years at Clydes, having also been a longtime partner of BLM. At Ince, she will become head of […]
Weil Gotshal & Manges and Clifford Chance are acting as members of life insurance provider LV= prepare to vote on the proposed takeover of the business by Bain Capital Credit. The deal, which has been on the cards for a nearly a year, has attracted a flurry of criticism as it would result in the […]
Willkie Farr & Gallagher is expanding its corporate insurance team, having ramped up its hiring activity, particularly in the City, over the past fortnight. Willkie’s new joiners this time are from DLA Piper, with the firm hiring insurance sector co-chair Prakash Paran, who is based in New York. He joins along with DLA counsel Gabriel […]
Insurer RSA Group has appointed a new general counsel after its £7.2bn acquisition earlier this year. Jonathan Cope takes on the GC and company secretary mantle from Charlotte Heiss, who departed the 300-year old British insurer in the summer. As part of the role, he is responsible for the UK and international business, which comprises […]
Insurtech Tractable has brought in a senior lawyer from GoCardless as its new group general counsel. Caroline O’Connor, who was previously deputy GC at fintech GoCardless, joins Tractable as its legal chief. The business has a GC in the US, Antony Pfeffer, but O’Connor will be the first lawyer in the UK to build out […]
The general counsel of digital insurance broker Bolttech has left the company after less than a year, as she prepares to join Howden Group Holdings. Only last February Frances Coates had become the European general counsel of Bolttech, a digital insurance broker launched last year as a result of the rebranding of formerly known Frank […]
DWF has downgraded its exclusive relationship with Los Angeles-headquartered firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman (WSHB), as it seeks new ways of expansion. The firm originally gained a foothold in the US in 2018, before listing, when it announced an association with WSHB, giving it access to 22 locations in the world’s largest legal market. […]
RPC is expanding its global insurance offering with the launch of a network that includes six firms from different counties. As a means of providing insurer clients access to specialists around the world, Global Access Lawyers is made up of firms from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the USA. In order of countries, the […]
Five months since the Supreme Court’s ruling in the business interruption case, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has again teamed up with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to create a tool identifying potential insurance claims. The product, known as the Covid calculator, will help businesses impacted by the pandemic to see whether or not they are […]
Clyde & Co is to open three new offices across the South West region of the United States, spearheaded by a 10-strong team. The firm will expand into Phoenix (Arizona), Denver (Colorado) and Las Vegas (Nevada). The three offices will be led by newly-hired insurance partner Amy Samberg and her team, with all of them […]
Linklaters has won a mandate to advise the Government on its five-year review of Pool Re, Britain’s leading terrorism reinsurer. The magic circle firm will rack up £395,000 to provide insurance and commercial expertise around the negotiating and drafting of commercial agreements and contracts. The review, run by HM Treasury, is aimed at ensuring that […]
AXA UK & Ireland has appointed a new general counsel. Emily Coupland succeeds Edward Davis, who retires at the end of the month after two decades at the business. Coupland is appointed to the GC role from AXA Partners, where she held the position of general secretary for five years. Prior to this, Coupland spent […]