We provide legal assistance on all relevant insurance related matters from the structuring, to development and through to the negotiation of insurance and reinsurance products. We assist clients in connection with insurance mediation activities, and provide support in respect of claims' management, insurance litigation and regulatory matters.
Our insurance team has a vast experience in insurance regulatory and supervision (conduct and prudential) related matters, having worked closely with some of the main market players in these areas, such as, other than the insurance companies, we advise insurance intermediaries and pension funds' management companies, supervision authorities and insurance related associations.
Amongst said clients there are some of the main key players of the insurance market (insurers, agents, pension funds and the banking community for bancassurance area), with whom we have teamed up in relevant insurance and insurance intermediation related transactions, such as the incorporation and acquisition of insurance companies and intermediaries, transfer of insurance portfolios, creation of partnerships between national and international insurance groups, insurance distribution agreements and structuring of public tenders for the acquisition of insurance products.
Our extensive experience is reflected in a top-tier team, with a breadth and depth of expertise on complex matters involving the insurance industry, in Portugal as in lusophone and francophone Africa, and Timor-Leste, through VdA Legal Partners.