
Feargal Ryan
Associate, Financial Institutions
Bio
Feargal Ryan advises on a wide range of insurance-related transactions, as well as regulatory issues in the insurance sector. Mr. Ryan’s recent experience includes advising:
- Corebridge Financial, Inc. on the £460 million sale of its U.K. life insurance business to Aviva plc
- Argo Group in its proposed sale of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1200 to Westfield
- Sompo International on its sale of Lloyd’s Syndicate 5151 to Riverstone
- Willis Towers Watson plc on its:
- US$4 billion sale of Willis Re to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- proposed but terminated US$30 billion acquisition by Aon plc
- JAB Holding Company S.à.R.L. on its acquisition of a majority stake in Cardif Pinnacle Insurance plc from BNP Paribas Cardif
- Phoenix Group Holdings plc on its US$272 million sale of Ark Life Assurance Company Limited to Irish Life Group Limited
- Hg on its investment in Hyperion Insurance Group Limited
- Acrisure, LLC on its acquisition of Volante Global
- American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on the launch of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2019
- Root, Inc. as special counsel with the insurance regulatory matters and reinsurance strategy related to its US$724 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Ryan spent several years practising at a leading U.K. law firm in London.
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., University of Warwick, 2011
- LL.B., The National University of Ireland Galway, 2009
- B.A., University College Galway, 2008
Admissions
- England & Wales
Feargal Ryan
Associate, Financial Institutions
feargal.ryan@skadden.com