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Hiscox ILS, the dedicated ILS investment management arm of the global insurance and reinsurance group, has hired Jack Ellison, formerly of Walkers, as its new Head of Legal.

Global financial services focused law firm Walkers has made a new hire in Bermuda with insurance-linked securities (ILS) experience, adding Jack Ellison as a Senior Associate to the insurance team there.

International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has announced the hiring of David Luce, a senior lawyer with significant insurance-linked securities (ILS) experience, as well as experience of a range of alternative risk transfer and financing structures.

Global law firm Mayer Brown has hired Jay Kallas, a lawyer with experience in catastrophe bonds, collateralized reinsurance and other capital market-related areas of risk transfer, as counsel in its Global Insurance Industry Group and Corporate & Securities.

Angus Duncan, an insurance-linked securities (ILS) experienced lawyer, has joined the London office of Winston & Strawn LLP as a partner, bringing experience in catastrophe bonds, reinsurance sidecars and other ILS structures to the firm.

Global law firm Dentons has appointed new hire John J. Sarchio as a partner in the Insurance Regulatory practice. Sarchio has experience in insurance and reinsurance transactional law, including catastrophe bonds, sidecars and other ILS arrangements.

Harneys, a legal and fiduciary services firm with offices in twelve countries, has added an insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance experienced lawyer to its Bermuda team, hiring Michael Skribic to its ranks.

Experienced financial services attorney and former Mayer Brown partner, Keith Andruschak, has joined the Winston & Strawn Corporate Practice as a partner in New York, an appointment that will enhance the firm’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance capabilities.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance market legal, fiduciary and management services offered by Appleby Group will not change in the face of a private equity backed management buyout of its fiduciary unit.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has added a newly hired team to its structured finance practice, bringing with it a wealth of securitization experience including specific expertise in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS).