Kirkland Advises 26North Re on Acquisition of Independent Insurance Group

Kirkland & Ellis advised 26North Reinsurance Holding Company on a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Independent Insurance Group, LLC, which operates Independent Life Insurance Company, the only carrier exclusively dedicated to issuing structured settlement annuities for personal injury claimants and their families. The acquisition marks 26North Re's entry into the U.S. insurance market and establishes its first onshore platform, complementing its existing Bermuda- and Cayman-domiciled operations.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Rajab Abbassi, Jack Yamin, Jeremy Carroll, Parimah Hassouri, Alex Meyer, Lauryn Greer, Tony Imburgia; Benjamin Wetzel and Eric Yu; debt finance lawyers Douglas Tedeschi and Grant Gannon; tax lawyers Mike Beinus, Vivek Ratnam and Natalie Packard; antitrust & competition lawyers Edward Sharon, Meredith Malcolm, Domenico Pietromonaco, Katie Ledbetter and Mackenzie Pike; technology & IP transaction lawyers Matt Lovell, Jeff Seroogy and Julia Monti; employee benefits lawyers Jeffrey Quinn and Stew Dunoskovic; executive compensation lawyers Michael Krasnovsky and Matthew Mutino; and employment & labor lawyers R.D. Kohut, Christine Lacku and Maayan Sachs.