EXPERIENCE

Ben’s notable representations have included:

• Phoenix Group on several insurance business transfers, bringing together the businesses of 4 legal entities, comprising c.£200 billion of assets
• AXA on:
  • the reinsurance of €1.3 billion of longevity risk
  • the sale of AXA Life Europe’s offshore bonds business
• Deloitte on various transactions, including the reorganization of its CIS business and on a shareholders’ agreement for the establishment of its delivery center in the Philippines
• PwC International on the US$2.2 billion sale of its global mobility business to CD&R
• KPMG UK on the merger of the KPMG UK and KPMG Switzerland partnerships
• Nestlé on the acquisition of Lily’s Kitchen and on the sale of its Israeli ice cream business
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the sale of CM Investment Solutions
• RMI on the sale of its interest in Hastings Group, a UK-based general insurer
• Oaktree on the establishment of Marco Capital, a P&C insurance run-off platform
• HM Treasury on a review into the arrangements between the UK government and Pool Re
• The Medical Protection Society on the sale of MPS Risk Solutions
• Public Sector Pension Investment Board on its reorganization as part of the transition of PSPIB’s European hub from Luxembourg to the UK
• Green Investment Group Limited on its acquisition of a 25% interest in the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm
• Kier Group plc on its £264 million rights issue
• Deutsche Börse on its proposed US$21 billion merger with the London Stock Exchange Group
• PwC on the administration of Lehman Brothers International (Europe)