Banking and capital services for insurance clients

Browne Jacobson is a natural go-to law firm for insurance sector organisations. Through our exceptional work across the insurance distribution chain with established insurance providers, brokers, MGAs and early-stage InsurTech innovators, puts us at the forefront of modernisation and change and exceptionally well-placed to help with your banking and capital raising plans.

Powered by our extensive expertise and knowledge across the insurance sector we provide a variety of legal transactional support to you in the following areas:

Fundraising and venture capital - We’re proud of our proven track record, advising on investment rounds for high-growth insurance companies who are at the cutting edge of innovation and who are driving change. We also act for UK and overseas venture capital funds, angels and corporate investors.
Mergers and acquisitions - As one of the UK’s most active law firms on corporate M & A and corporate deals, we’re able to combine our deal expertise with our insurance sector knowledge to successfully deliver corporate transactions in the sector.
Public companies and equity capital markets - We have the expertise and the experience to help a public company through every stage of its lifecycle. This includes pre-IPO fundraisings and structuring, IPOs (whether on AIM or the Main Market), secondary fundraisings, restructuring, debt financings, takeovers and reverse takeovers.
Banking and finance - Our banking and finance team capitalises on the firm’s unique insurance offering. Our ability to provide sector-focussed transactional, property and regulatory advice means that we win repeat work from funder and borrower clients in this sector.

We pride ourselves on our problem-solving and you won’t be disappointed with the service we give you.

Brokerbility

Advised on the sale of Brokerbility Holdings to Clear Group, including the transfer to Clear Group of Brokerbility’s technology trading arms being Brokertech and Brokerbility Information Gateway.

Anansi Technology

Acted for InsurTech business Anansi Technology on its £1.5m seed investment led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from a number of prominent angel investors.

Superscript

Advised UK-based InsurTech Superscript, a digital-first insurance provider to small businesses and high-growth tech companies, on its $54m Series B funding round led by BHL UK (owner of Comparethemarket) and with participation from Fortune 500 insurer, The Hartford.

Laka

Advised InsurTech business Laka on its $13.5m Series A round led by Autotech Ventures, with participation from Ponooc, ABN AMRO Ventures and Porsche Ventures.

Corporate

Data protection and privacy

Financial services and insurance advisory

Information law

Venture capital

Jon Snade

Partner

Emma Hinton

Partner

Gareth Davies

Partner

Ryan Brown

Partner

Harry Pearson

Senior Associate

Shania Sood

Associate

Tim Johnson

Partner

Jeremy Irving

Partner

Tobias Taupitz - CEO and co-founder, Laka

"I am very grateful for all the support we have received from Jon and the Browne Jacobson team in closing our investment, which is strategically important to us as we continue to scale and enter new markets. Jon and his team provided expert advice and were always available at short notice to guide us through the deal process."