Kate McInerney
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  • A global financial services provider on its GBP1bn retail insurance joint venture with Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited.
  • A multinational insurance company on its GBP5.6bn recommended all-share acquisition of Friends Life Group.
  • A multinational insurance company on its GBP600m collateralised bulk annuity insurance policy with Pearson Pension Trustee Limited.
  • A multinational insurance company on its GPB900m collateralised bulk annuity insurance policy with Marks & Spencer Pension Trustee Limited.
  • A leading UK consumer business on its GBP185m sale of insurance underwriting business, CIS General Insurance Limited to Markerstudy.
  • MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc on its investment in ReAssure Jersey One Limited, a subsidiary of Swiss Re Life Capital.
  • The trustees of the ICI Pension Fund on its bulk annuity “buy-in” policies with Prudential, Legal & General and Scottish Widows covering GBP4.2bn of pensioner liabilities in the ICI Pension Fund.
  • The trustees of the BT pension scheme on a GBP16bn longevity swap with the Prudential Insurance Corporation of America. This was the largest longevity insurance and reinsurance agreement to date, and the first to include the establishment of an insurance company by a pension scheme.
  • Guardian Financial Services on the acquisition of approximately GBP5bn of the UK annuity business of Phoenix Group by way of collateralised reinsurance and subsequent Part VII transfer.

    • Pro bono

    • Advised Social Finance Limited in connection with the insurance of a social impact bond.

    Speaking Engagements

    ERA Annual Conference on EU Law in the Insurance Sector 2018 - Brexit implications for insurers (passporting)

    Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

    Member, Law Society of South Australia.

    Member, Cross City Lawyers Group on Solvency II.

    Recognition

    “She’s very good, and she’s very sharp. She’s quite a presence; you don’t forget her. She’s very sharp, and she’s prepared to battle for her client good and proper. The fact that she’s Aussie might help.”
    Chambers UK 2019
    “She is extremely able, technically very strong, a tough negotiator, and good fun to work with.”
    Chambers UK 2019

    Awards

    • Legal 500 Insurance (Specialism) Team of the Year (UK) 2018 "Rising Star" for Corporate at the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards 2017

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