Jeremy Watson

Jeremy Watson is a corporate partner in the Insurance Transactions & Regulatory and Financial Institutions Practice Groups. Jeremy’s practice focuses on a variety of transactional and regulatory matters involving the insurance and financial services industries. He regularly represents insurance companies, private equity firms, asset managers, insurance producers and brokers and other industry participants in connection with mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, the formation and capitalization of insurance and reinsurance companies and related ventures (including sidecars and other alternative capital vehicles) and other strategic investment transactions. Jeremy also advises clients with respect to the regulation of insurance holding company systems and reinsurance arrangements and other regulatory, capital and governance matters. In 2021, Jeremy was named by The National Law Journal to its inaugural list of “Insurance Law Trailblazers,” which profiles a select group of leading innovators in the insurance industry, and was named among the BTI Consulting Group’s “M&A Client Service All-Stars.” · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP focusing on transactional and regulatory matters involving insurance and financial services industries. Represents insurance companies, private equity firms, asset managers, and brokers in mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, formation and capitalization of insurance/reinsurance entities, and related ventures. Advises on insurance holding company system regulation, reinsurance arrangements, and other regulatory, capital, and governance matters.

Practice areas

Insurance Transactions & RegulatoryFinancial InstitutionsMergers and AcquisitionsReinsurance TransactionsInsurance RegulationCapital and Governance

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United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Jeremy Watson is a corporate partner in the Insurance Transactions & Regulatory and Financial Institutions Practice Groups. Jeremy’s practice focuses on a variety of transactional and regulatory matters involving the insurance and financial services industries. He regularly represents insurance companies, private equity firms, asset managers, insurance producers and brokers and other industry participants in connection with mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, the formation and capitalization of insurance and reinsurance companies and related ventures (including sidecars and other alternative capital vehicles) and other strategic investment transactions. Jeremy also advises clients with respect to the regulation of insurance holding company systems and reinsurance arrangements and other regulatory, capital and governance matters. In 2021, Jeremy was named by The National Law Journal to its inaugural list of “Insurance Law Trailblazers,” which profiles a select group of leading innovators in the insurance industry, and was named among the BTI Consulting Group’s “M&A Client Service All-Stars.”

United States

Expertise

Insurance lawCorporate lawRegulatory complianceCapital marketsMergers and acquisitions

Education

Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2006
University of Phoenix, B.S., 2000