Dr. Andreas Börner

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Andreas has a focus on the insurance industry, and clients benefit from more than twenty years of experience in cross-border M&A, private equity, regulatory and insurance contract law. This unique combination allows Andreas to advise both life and non-life insurers, MGAs and brokers on a wide range of issues, notably M&A insurance underwriting and policy advice, insurance M&A and portfolio transfers, reinsurance, corporate venture investments, product development and contracts with InsurTechs, intermediaries, TPAs and IT providers.

Andreas was educated at the University of Munich. He speaks German as well as English and French.

He is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer by JUVE, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal in respect of corporate and regulatory issues. Clients highlight his “very quick analysis of complex matters and prompt delivery of reliable estimations” (Chambers Europe, 2022). 

“Global Leader” for Insurance & Reinsurance

Who’s Who Legal 2022

Experience

• Mergers and Acquisitions - Advising on a number of life and non-life insurance M&A transactions
• Brexit - Advising on regulatory and contract law issues as well as the transfer of branch business from one entity to another
• M&A and contingent risk insurance - Advising various insurers on M&A insurance underwriting (so far in 200+ transactions with an aggregate volume of well over €100 billion)
• Transaction liability claims - Advising an insurer on the largest European transaction liability policy claim to date in a multi-year arbitration proceeding
• Structured reinsurance - Advising on a $1 billion guarantee facility under the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) relating to the insurance and reinsurance of energy projects in Africa
• Structured reinsurance - Advising a reinsurer on life reinsurance arrangements
• Regulatory - Advising insurers on corporate and regulatory reporting and obligations and compliance under Solvency II
• Life insurance - Advising on the development and distribution of a broad range of life insurance products and regulatory issues in the German market
• International private medical insurance - Advising on product development, distribution and regulatory issues
• Distribution and bancassurance - Advising on a number of insurance distribution and bancassurance arrangements, for example with regard to payment protection, GAP and extended warranty policies