Sidley Expands its Insurance & Financial Services Group in New York with the Addition of Partners Andrew Holland and Kirk - Bloomberg
Sidley Expands its Insurance & Financial Services Group in New York with the Addition of Partners Andrew Holland and Kirk Lipsey Business Wire NEW YORK -- May 16, 2012 Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew Holland and Kirk Lipseyhave joined the firm's New York office as partners in the Insurance & Financial Services group. Mr. Holland's practice will focus on insurance regulatory and corporate matters. Mr. Lipsey will focus on insurance industry transactions, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. Mike Goldman, co-head of the firm's Insurance practice and a member of the firm's Executive Committee, commented, "Andrew and Kirk are highly accomplished lawyers with extraordinary insurance industry experience and perspective. They also share our commitment to providing the highest level of client service. Their addition will certainly enhance our market-leading insurance industry practice, in the U.S. and globally." Mr. Holland said, "Sidley is a market leader with great resources and a highly regarded global reputation. I have long worked with the highly talented lawyers at Sidley and know that I will fit in well with a firm that can offer such a powerful and robust platform." "We are so pleased to welcome such experienced lawyers as Andrew and Kirk to our New York office," added Jeff Liebmann, a co-head of Sidley's Insurance practice. "They each are highly respected by regulators, clients and colleagues alike." "In coming to Sidley, I am not only joining an exceptional insurance practice, but will be working with a superb corporate M&A team," added Mr. Lipsey. "Sidley's global platform will be of great service to my clients." Mr. Holland's practice will focus on the representation of insurance companies, insurance intermediaries and institutional investors with respect to insurance regulatory and corporate matters. He has a broad range of experience, including corporate transactions, corporate governance, licensing of insurers, insurance holding company act issues, financial examinations and statutory accounting matters, producer compensation and non-admitted insurance. Prior to private practice, Mr. Holland was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Chartis U.S., Inc., a unit of American International Group (AIG). Mr. Holland received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was the Student Editor-in-Chief of The Tax Lawyer, and his B.S., cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is admitted to the bar in New York and Pennsylvania. Mr. Lipsey advises on corporate transactions, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions. His insurance sector transactions have involved the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. life, annuity and property and casualty insurers in a wide range of acquisition and disposition transactions, including stock sales, asset sales, block reinsurance transactions, distressed investments and public merger transactions. He also has extensive experience with corporate transactions outside the insurance industry, including on behalf of private equity firms and large financial institutions. Mr. Lipsey earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and his Diploma in Legal Practice and LL.B. with honors from the University of Glasgow. He is admitted to the bar in New York. Sidley is one of only a few global law firms to have a substantial, multidisciplinary practice group devoted to the insurance and financial services industry. The firm has more than 35 years of experience and an expanding team of more than 90 lawyers dedicated to providing transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution counsel to the insurance industry and financial institutions that transact with insurance companies. Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world's premier full-service law firms, with approximately 1700 lawyers practising in 18 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. This year, Sidley celebrates 30 years in Asia. Repeating its performance in the inaugural 2010 survey, Sidley received the most first-tier national rankings of any U.S. law firm in the 2011/12 U.S.News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" survey. Sidley was also named the U.S.News – Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" in both Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in the 2011/12 survey (the first year of such designations). BTI, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, has named Sidley as one of only three firms to have been in the top ten of the BTI Client Service rankings every year since the inception of those rankings in 2001, and as number one in three of those years. For purposes of the New York State Bar rules, this press release may be considered Attorney Advertising and the headquarters of the firm are Sidley Austin LLP 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, 212.839.5300 and Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603, 312.853.7000. Prior results described herein do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact: Sidley Austin LLP Janet Zagorin, 212-839-8797 Client Service Officer jzagorin@sidley.com or Rubenstein Associates Peter Pochna, 212-843-8007 ppochna@rubenstein.com
16 May, 2012
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Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2012-05-16/aq4.m4kz2nb8.html
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