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London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Legal Consultant to Womble Bond Dickinson for Insurance Market corporate finance and M&A transactions, PRA, FCA and Lloyd's regulation, delegated underwriting and structured reinsurance.

London, United Kingdom

Kerberos Ventures was founded in 2016 to serve the London and international insurance markets. We provide strategic insight in areas of complex legal risk, particularly corporate finance, start-up, M&A and Solvency II.Project highlights have included:• A "smart follow" Lloyd’s syndicate project, working with Guy Carpenter and Apollo Syndicate Management• An insuretech MGA startup, working with Aon and a global technology and data firm• The disposal of AstraZeneca’s legacy UK captive insurance companies to R&Q• Expert opinions on the Solvency II technical provisions, own funds and solvency capital requirements

London, United Kingdom

As a co-founder, brought the business to market, including fundraising and recruitment of core underwriting teams. Following a successful USD20m equity round and market launch, took on a broad role encompassing Legal, Risk, Governance and Compliance functions.Highlights included:• launch of new regulated MGA companies in UK, Sweden, Switzerland and Canada• negotiation and execution of capacity agreements with insurance and reinsurance providers• authored terms of reference for all Board committees • responsibility for the outsourced Compliance and Risk functions• implemented process and policy for product design under the Insurance Distribution Directive• GDPR implementation• dispute resolution

London, United Kingdom

Insurance Market corporate finance, M&A and structured finance. Solvency II advice for (re)insurers, ECM/DCM issuers and investment funds. ILS and structured reinsurance solutions. Corporate capital and funds at Lloyd's. Recognised by the Legal 500 for insurance market M&A and financial services regulation.Advice and transactions included:• a FTSE 250 insurance group on its strategic response to Brexit• a global investment bank on the Solvency II treatment of its Asset Backed Commercial Paper • EUR 1bn cross-border merger for HCC International Insurance PLC

Zurich

EMEA General Counsel for the Reinsurance Division of Swiss Re. • Group Executive Committee (Legal Services)• EMEA Executive Committee (Reinsurance Division)• led a team of 25 lawyers across seven jurisdictions• advice to Swiss Re Group boards on corporate governance and (re)insurance regulation• strategic support, legal advice and execution for joint ventures and strategic investments• corporate restructuring, capital and dividend projects• advice and execution in product initiatives and distribution arrangements

MOP (now Matheson) is Ireland’s largest law firm and regularly tops the transaction tables for legal advisers in Ireland. My practice covered all commercial opportunities available to international insurers, reinsurers and (re)insurance intermediaries, including mergers and acquisitions, capital funding, run-off and portfolio transfer, solvent restructuring, new product design, distribution/agency and prudential regulation in both the UK and Ireland.

QBE’s European Operations Division includes its Lloyd’s syndicates and a number of insurance and reinsurance companies authorised in the UK and EU.Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, European Operations, I was hired to fill QBE’s first in-house legal role outside Australia. • delivered QBE’s first UK and European legal panel• advised on and implemented the Chairman’s corporate governance review• recruited an in-house legal team to support the Board, underwriting units and operational functions• restructured the company secretarial function Transaction highlights:• £200m acquisition of British Marine group in 2006, by public offer for non-listed securities• completed numerous smaller company and business acquisitions• issuance of convertible and perpetual debt securities, raising USD1.5bn of innovative reg cap• “Mantis Reef” I & II innovative funds at Lloyd’s convertible debt issueLitigation• Temple Legal Protection v QBE Insurance Europe Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 453 – arbitration, Commercial Court and Court of Appeal

Senior Associate Lawyer in the Corporate Insurance GroupDeal highlights:• QBE Insurance Group Ltd merger with Limit plc• SVB Holdings plc (now Novae plc) takeover of CLM Insurance Fund plc• Beazley Group plc £150m IPO and LSE listing• QBE Insurance Group Ltd – US$500m issue of liquid yield options, structured by Merrill Lynch• Funds at Lloyd’s structures, inter-availability, release and substitution issues• Various private company share and business acquisitions and disposals

Associate lawyer in Corporate Insurance Group.Deal highlights:• St Paul (Travelers) acquiring Lloyd's managing agents Cassidy Davis, Gravett & Tilling, Ashley Palmer• MBO of the Heath Lambert Group

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