Our corporate team has longstanding experience of all types of M&A transactions, including public company takeovers, private equity transactions, acquisitions of major brokers and other intermediaries by international trade buyers and disposals.
We also advise our insurance market intermediary clients on capital raising, joint ventures, commercial arrangements, start-ups, team moves, outsourcing and regulatory matters. Over the past seven years members of our team have advised on some of the largest deals in the insurance broking space but we have also advised on numerous smaller deals.
Our understanding of the regulatory regime is complemented by in-depth experience of the various different parts of the insurance marketplace. This understanding of the market is the key to delivering a successful outcome to a transaction enabling us to spot issues early on and assist our clients to plot a course around them. Above all, our clients know that we understand their business and the value we bring.
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Insurance brokers
Acquisition of Giles
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher & Co on the £233 million acquisition of Giles Insurance Brokers Limited.
Acquisition of Oval Group
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher & Co on its £199 million acquisition of the entire issued share capital of the Oval Group from private equity vendors and a wide employee and management shareholder base.
Acquisition of Heath Lambert Group
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher & Co on its £97 million acquisition of leading insurance broker HLG Holdings Ltd.
Acquisition of Maestro
Advised Tasker Ventures Limited, a vehicle backed by Alcuin Capital Partners LLP, on its acquisition of Maestro Insurance Services Limited from its existing management team.
Cobra Holdings takeover
Advised AIM Listed Cobra Holdings Plc on recommended cash offer by Alto Intermediary Group Limited.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited on the US$45 million sale of all of its treaty and certain parts of its facultative broking business in the UK to Aon.
Acquisition of Acumus
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher & Co on its acquisition of Acumus Limited a retail insurance broker focussed on the housing association sector. The transaction included the acquisition of the core shares in Igloo, a Guernsey protected cell company set up by Acumus to offer a risk transfer solution for clients of Acumus.
Acquisition of Oxygen Insurance Managers
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher & Co on the acquisition of Oxygen Insurance Managers Limited from Oxygen Holdings Plc.
Employee benefits
Acquisition of Risk & Reward Holdings Limited
Advised Arthur J. Gallagher & Co on the acquisition of Risk & Reward Holdings Limited.
Risk & Reward Holdings Limited
Advised the employee benefits consulting specialist on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Shilling Limited, the specialist employee communications and engagement business.
Baker Tilly
Advised Baker Tilly on the sale of its employee benefits consulting business to Risk & Reward Holdings Limited.