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9 firms advise on milestone $8.2 bln cross-border insurance deal
by Sarah Wong
Global law firms Debevoise & Plimpton, Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills are acting for Bermuda-based insurer Resolution Life on its $8.2 billion sale to Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance, the largest overseas acquisition by a Japanese insurer to date.
Nippon Life, Japan's largest insurer by asset size, has enlisted a team of legal advisors for this all-cash acquisition, including Japanese Big Four firm Nishimura & Asahi, Mayer Brown, DLA Piper, Ashurst, New Zealand's Bell Gully, and Bermuda firm ASW Law.
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K&L Gates private client partner joins Mishcon HK association firm
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Japan’s Oh-Ebashi hires tax partner from TMI Associates
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Leading Singapore-based silk joins UK’s Blackstone Chambers
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Milbank becomes 2nd U.S. law firm to shutter mainland office in a week
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