Ashurst To Act For Reinsurance Startup In Asia

UK firm Ashurst has won a major deal acting on the establishment of a new pan-Asian reinsurance business reports Legal Week (UK)


They write

The firm has picked up a mandate advising Steve Roder, the former finance chief of AIA, who left the insurer when it was in talks concerning a takeover by Prudential. Those talks ultimately failed.

Ashurst?Hong?Kong corporate partner Robert Ogilvy Watson is acting for Roder, providing corporate and regulatory advice, as well as assisting in matters related to a fundraising of up to $1bn (?64m).

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