George Belcher

• Gryphon Group Holdings in its £180 million financing and acquisition of the Guardian life insurance brand*
• Metlife on its acquisition of ALICO $15.5 billion*
• Scottish Re on the disposal of its international insurance operations to Pacific Life for $71 million to form Pacific Life Re*
• Sun Capital and TDR on its acquisition of Pearl for £1.1 billion*
• Standard Life on its strategic review ahead of its demutualisation*

Non-Life Insurance

• Intact Financial Corporation and its subsidiary Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Limited in their US$648 million acquisition of the brokered commercial lines operations of Direct Line Insurance Group plc*
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. in its:
  • US$490 million acquisition of Simply Business from Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, and subsequent reorganization*
  • Participation in the restructuring of the Fidelis underwriting group*
  • Acquisition ofCorvus Insurance Holdings, Inc., an industry-leading cyber insurance managing general underwriter*
• XL Group Ltd. in its US$15.3 billion merger with AXA SA*
• TPG/TWG in its US$2.5 billion combination with Assurant*
• Validus Holdings, Ltd. in its US$5.6 billion merger with American International Group, Inc.*
• OMERS in its US$1 billion acquisition of approximately 21% of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, simultaneously with the acquisition of Allied World by Fairfax Holdings Limited*
• Munich-American Holding Corporation on its acquisition of Hartford Steam Boiler from AIG for $747 million*
• Montpelier Re on its satellite insurance joint venture with Sciemus*

Broker

• NFP in its US$13.4 billion acquisition by Aon plc from funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and HPS Investment Partners.*
• Willis Towers Watson in its:
  • proposed US$80 billion combination with Aon plc*
  • sale of Willis Re to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for US$4 billion*

Lloyd’s

• Argo in its sale of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1200 to Westfield US$125 million*
• American International Group, Inc. in the establishment and launch of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2019*
• Apollo on its acquisition/ take-private of Brit for £888 million*
• Ironshore on its acquisition of Pembroke*
• ANV on its acquisitions of Flagstone and Jubilee*
• TSM on its disposal of a majority stake to the Electrical Contractors' Association*

Start-Ups

• JAB Holdings in:
  • its acquisition of Cardif Pinnacle from BNP Paribas to form a strategic joint venture to deliver a range of pet insurance services throughout the U.K., EMEA and Latin America*
  • its acquisition of AGILA Haustierversicherung AG*
  • its acquisition of Veterfina Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV*
  • its acquisition of Animal Friends Insurance Services Limited from Correlation Risk Partners*
  • in relation to Pinnacle Group’s joint venture with Correlation Risk Partners to acquire Waggel and other brands*
  • a US$1.4 billion investment in Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited’s pet insurance business*
• First Reserve on its establishment of the Torus insurance group*
• Duke Street Capital on its establishment of Pension Insurance Corporation*

*experience gained at a previous firm