Mayer Brown Expands Insurance Practice with Addition of Dan Rabinowitz in New York
NEW YORK – Mayer Brown announced today that Daniel A. Rabinowitz has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice and Insurance industry group in New York. Dan has more than 30 years of experience advising the insurance industry on its most significant transactional and regulatory matters. He joins from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
Dan advises insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, investors and other industry participants on a broad range of complex transactional and regulatory matters. His practice encompasses insurance M&A, reinsurance transactions, insurance company investments and capital strategies, insurance-linked securities, securitization and structured finance, reserve financing, pension de-risking, structured insurance products and corporate governance matters.
“As capital, investment strategy and regulation become more closely connected across the insurance sector, clients need advisers who understand all three,” said Larry Hamilton, leader of Mayer Brown’s US Insurance Regulatory practice. “Dan has spent his career at that intersection. His arrival deepens our bench in New York and adds to the network of support we provide insurance industry clients.”
Over his career, Dan has advised on both the transactional and regulatory aspects of significant insurance and reinsurance transactions. His recent experience includes advising on strategic combinations involving insurers and reinsurers, insurtech acquisitions, insurance regulatory aspects of public-company transactions and life reinsurance and investment-management matters. He also advises insurers and financial services companies on permitted investments, risk-based capital and the deployment of capital.
“Mayer Brown is a recognized name in the insurance industry,” Dan said. “Its lawyers understand the regulatory, transactional and capital issues insurers and their investors face today, and those issues keep getting more complex.”
“Insurance is a core strength of this firm. I look forward to working with colleagues across practices and offices to help clients carry out their most important strategic initiatives, from M&A and reinsurance to capital and investment planning.”
Dan has held a number of insurance industry leadership positions, including serving as chair of the Insurance Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association and as chair of the Insurance Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association’s Insurance Law Committee.
Allison Aviki, managing partner of Mayer Brown’s New York office, added: “Dan is an outstanding addition to our New York office and brings deep experience in an area of strategic importance to the firm. Dan's experience and relationships across the insurance market add to the momentum we are building in New York.”
