Hannie Syeda

HANNIE SYEDA advises on a range of transactional, including M&A, regulatory and commercial matters for UK and international (re)insurance companies.

Recent experience includes:

• Advising 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.
• Advising Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, in its acquisition of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson for US$3.25 billion.
• Advising Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on its US$3.57 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson Assets.
• Advising Great Hill Partners in connection with its acquisition of Notonthehighstreet, a UK curated online marketplace.
• Advising GIC in connection with a US$1 billion investment in Convex Group, led by GIC and Onex Partners.
• Advising Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company on its acquisition of a shareholding in Rothesay Life.

Hannie trained and qualified as a solicitor in Sidley’s office in London, where she also completed seats in the Global Finance group and Restructuring team.

In recent years, Hannie has advised:

• Apollo Funds in their strategic minority equity investment in Charles Monat Associates.
• Queen Park’s Equity on its acquisition of Learndirect Limited and its subsidiaries, a provider of online learning platform and courses. 
• Munich Re on £1 billion longevity swap with Willis Pension Scheme.
• Certain investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC on the acquisition of a majority stake in Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.
• Assisting in the establishment of a Bermudian reinsurance sidecar structure.
• (Re)insurers on a range of regulatory matters, including the recently adopted Senior Insurance Managers Regime.

• IRLA Future Leaders Programme 
• Member of the Associate Committee