Counsel

Christian Higham

Corporate & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Overview

Christian Higham acts for a broad range of clients on domestic and cross-border corporate transactional work, with a focus on transactions in the Insurance and Funds & Investment Management industries. Christian's experience in the Insurance industry includes share and asset acquisitions and disposals, insurance linked securities (ILS) and other collateralised reinsurance transactions, run-off transactions and warranty and indemnity insurance. Christian's experience in the Funds & Investment Management industry includes fund formations, joint ventures, co-investments, fund investments and secondary transactions. He also advises clients on company and partnership law and corporate governance matters.

Experience

Private mergers and acquisitions

  • Advised The Hartford on the sales of the Navigators continental Europe insurance business to Castel, Zurich, Federale and Premia.
  • Advised Mitie on the sale of its document management business to Swiss Post Solutions.
  • Advised The Hanover on the $950 million sale of Chaucer International Holdings, the Lloyd’s international speciality insurance business, to China Re.
  • Advised Sword Soft on its €120 million sale of APAK Group to Sopra Banking Software.
  • Advised Brookfield Property Partners on its €2.4 billion sale of the Gazeley logistics business to Global Logistic Properties.

Recognition

  • Listed as a key lawyer for Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory, Legal 500.
  • Recommended - Commercial Contracts (Outsourcing), Legal 500.

Education

  • Nottingham Law School, LLB (Hons)
  • Kaplan Law School, Legal Practice Course
  • BPP University Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law
  • University of Durham, BA (Hons)

Admissions

  • England and Wales
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