Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) have hired a team of partners and lawyers from rival Dewey & LeBoeuf who bring with them extensive experience in the insurance-linked securities, alternative risk transfer and reinsurance / capital markets convergence area. Dewey & LeBoeuf have been dogged by rumours of issues and departures from the firm […]
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, has been named a leading law firm in a number of areas of structured finance in the latest edition of the IFLR 1000, a guide to the world’s leading financial law firms. Areas of specific interest to our readers will be their recognition for work in derivatives, securitization and specifically […]
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International finance law firm The Walkers Group have today announced the launch of a new team within its structure who will provide dedicated resource to insurance-linked securities issues and transactions. The Walkers Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) Group brings together expertise from throughout Walkers regarding alternative risk transfer arrangements such as catastrophe bonds, reinsurance sidecars and […]
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The Tennessee legislative and Governor Bill Haslem have implemented and signed into law a new bill designed to make the state a more attractive place for captive insurer formation. Amongst various changes to the way captives are governed in Tennessee of most interest to us is the introduction of a new class of captive insurer […]
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More evidence of the continue resurgence of the insurance-linked securities market has emerged in the past two days. As the pressures on the market are dissipating and issuance has been good over the last few months it seems interest is returning to companies looking to support deals and grab a slice of the action. Firstly […]
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