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Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to find a merger partner and will now seek to liquidate its business according to news reports. It signals the end of the saga for the stricken law firm and will be the largest law firm collapse in history. Rumours had been […]

An interesting lawsuit is taking place in the U.S. between Mountain Creek Resort Inc., a ski resort operator, and Everest Indemnity Insurance Company, who provided Mountain Creek with weather insurance cover to protect them against a lack of snowfall during the peak ski season. It is rather strange though as the complaint seems to centre […]

Another lawyer partner with experience in the insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond space has left Dewey & LeBoeuf for competitor Meyer Brown. Richard Spitzer joins Mayer Brown’s New York office as a partner in the Insurance Finance Group and the Banking & Finance practice. He joins a colleague Stephen Rooney who left Dewey for Mayer […]

The exodus of lawyers with experience in reinsurance, insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond transactions from Dewey & LeBoeuf is continuing with the latest moving across to DLA Piper. DLA Piper announced the appointment of Prakash Paran to their London office as a partner in the Corporate group and member of the global Insurance and Reinsurance […]

Another high-profile partner with significant insurance-linked securities experience from law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has moved on from the firm to join one of their competitors. Just last month a team of ILS and catastrophe bond focused structured finance lawyers left the firm for competitor Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Now Mayer Brown have announced that […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]