Sullivan & Cromwell is one of the few law firms that offer a truly global, multidisciplinary insurance practice. Our Insurance Group brings together leading lawyers across our offices in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific to advise the largest U.S. and non-U.S. insurance and reinsurance companies and intermediaries on their most complex matters. Our deep industry familiarity, market insight and regulatory knowledge allow us to deliver seamless, unified advice across jurisdictions and across the full lifecycle of transactions, regulatory matters and disputes.
Our clients span the full insurance ecosystem, including life and annuity, property/casualty, health and managed care, financial guaranty/mortgage guaranty insurers, insurance producers and reinsurance intermediaries, as well as InsurTech companies, service providers and asset managers active in the insurance industry. Our work spans the full range of strategic matters - M&A, joint ventures, divestitures and spin-offs, reinsurance, corporate reorganizations, restructurings, public and private financings and tax. The group also works closely with the Firm's market-leading Litigation practice to advise clients on insurance-related disputes, regulatory enforcement actions and other litigation. These matters are led by industry-leading lawyers who have pioneered innovative structures in the market today, including pre-capitalized trust securities and catastrophe-linked bonds.
Drawing on our deep insurance regulatory knowledge, we group counsel insurance company, insurance producer and other industry participants on a variety of matters relating to compliance with U.S. state insurance laws and in connection with investigations and enforcement actions initiated by insurance regulators. We have strong relationships with insurance departments in the United States and with foreign regulators, including the U.K. PRA/FCA, the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the France ACPR and the Germany BaFin. Our familiarity with these agencies provides unmatched insight into global regulatory attitudes that consistently proves beneficial to our insurance industry clients.
