Latham & Watkins LLP counsels a diverse client base that includes insurers, reinsurers, underwriters, PE firms, and other global stakeholders across various areas, handling complex regulatory and transactional work, with an emphasis on private equity players in the insurance space. Private equity specialist and practice head Gary Boss is an expert in advising various financial services entities in insurance-related transactions. He is supported by a deep bench that includes Analisa Dillingham, whose practice emphasizes alternative capital work and insurance company formation and operation, and Kirsten Gaeta, who advises clients on a range of corporate matters and has notable experience working on alternative capital reinsurance vehicles. Also in New York is Alexander Traum, whose expansive practice spans complex regulatory, transactional, insurer, reinsurer and captive formation and licensure, and emerging technologies matters, and Dean Agnos, who acts for a variety of stakeholders in corporate and transactional contexts, Teresa Wendel is a key contact for major P&C, life, and health insurers and reinsurers. Benjamin Lee is well-versed in the credit insurance market as well as in general transactional and regulatory guidance, and outside of the main New York contingent, Los Angeles-based Drew Levin specializes in negotiating transactional insurance policies such as reps & warranties, tax risk, and indemnity policies.  
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  • ‘Top-tier capital markets team with strong insurance industry knowledge.’

  • ‘They are willing to engage in discussions and find solutions rather than simply presenting roadblocks.’

  • ‘Efficient, responsive, and very professional.’

  • ‘Kirsten Gaeta & Teresa Wendel are incredibly responsive and helpful.’

Kernmandanten

  • Apollo
  • Reinsurance Group of America
  • Nippon Life
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Sedgwick
  • J.P. Morgan
  • AXIS Capital
  • Stone Point Capital
  • Onex Corporation
  • William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advised Apollo on a $600 million investment to acquire a 50% interest in a joint venture entity related to the Vale Oman Distribution Center from Vale S.A. and an investment in a portfolio of high-quality real estate assets controlled by Vonovia.
  • Advised Nippon Life on its $3 billion acquisition of a 20% minority interest in Corebridge Financial, a retirement solutions and insurance products portfolio company sponsored by American International Group, Inc.
  • Advised The Carlyle Group and one of its portfolio companies, Sedgwick in connection with a $1 billion strategic investment from Altas Partners and a $5 billion recapitalization.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Analisa Dillingham
Kirsten Gaeta

Führende Associates

Führende Associates sind regelmäßig an zentralen Mandaten des Teams beteiligt und erhalten positives Feedback von Wettbewerbern oder Mandanten.

Praxisleitung

Gary Boss

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Analisa Dillingham; Kirsten Gaeta; Alexander Traum; Dean Agnos; Teresa Wendel; Benjamin Lee; Drew Levin