Andrea M. Hynes

ANDREA HYNES advises on corporate, commercial and regulatory matters for (re)insurance companies, (re)insurance intermediaries, and investors in the insurance sector. She advises (re)insurers, captives, and (re)insurance intermediaries on all aspects of (re)insurance law and regulation and advises on corporate and regulatory transactions including portfolio transfers and cross-border mergers.

Prior to joining Sidley, Andrea worked in the corporate insurance department of a leading Irish law firm.

Examples of Andrea’s work include advising:

• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in the acquisition of AssuredPartners from GTCR for gross consideration of US$13.45 billion (pending).
• Westfield in its acquisition of the Lloyd’s operations of Argo Group, including Argo’s Lloyd’s managing agency and Argo’s members supporting Syndicate 1200.
• Stonepeak on its agreement with the AA, the leading provider of roadside assistance services in the UK and a successful insurance business, and the AA’s majority shareholders, TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. Per the agreement, Stonepeak will invest £450 million in the AA through a combination of common and preferred equity at an enterprise value of approximately £4 billion.
• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in its acquisition of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson for US$3.25 billion.
• Major international (re)insurance groups on corporate and regulatory aspects of group restructuring. 
• International (re)insurance groups on the establishment and authorisation of (re)insurance undertakings and intermediaries.
• Private equity investors on investment into the insurance industry including through the acquisition of (re)insurers and (re)insurance intermediaries.
• (Re)insurers on transfers of portfolios of life and non-life insurance business.
• (Re)insurance undertakings and intermediaries on cross-border mergers and the relocation/creation of Societas Europaea companies.
• Major UK (re)insurance undertakings and intermediaries on Brexit-related solutions.
• (Re)insurance undertakings and intermediaries on ongoing regulatory issues such as outsourcing and distribution agreements, conduct of business and compliance issues. 

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Associate Board Member of the Insurance Charitable Foundation.

Andrea is also involved in a wide range of pro bono work, including representing claimants in their challenges to Personal Independence Payment decisions.