Gary Boss

Gary's experience includes representing:

Financial Services Transactions

Transaction counsel on the formation and capital raise of large reinsurance and insurance companies, including:

• Acra Re, a Bermudan reinsurance vehicle (approximately US$6 billion of capital raised) (backed by Apollo Global Management)*
• Apollo Global Securities and Apollo Management Holdings on an agreement for Apollo affiliated insurance companies, third-party insurance managed accounts, and other institutional clients to invest US$500 million into surplus notes issued by Chesterfield Reinsurance Company, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America
• Arch Capital Group on its transfer of approximately US$400 million of reserves to Catalina*
• Armour, a Bermuda-based P&C runoff reinsurance company (US$500 million of capital raised) (backed by Aquiline Capital)*
• Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company, a specialty P&C insurance company focused on the excess and surplus lines market (approximately US$250 million of initial capital raised)*

Corporate/M&A Transactions

• AEGON on the sale of Transamerica Re to SCOR*
• A consortium of eight private equity firms and others on Ariel Re’s sale to Goldman Sachs*
• Armour, a Bermuda-based P&C runoff reinsurance company, on its sale of ILS Investment Management*
• Ascendant, a Bermuda-based, publicly traded energy and energy-related services provider, on its sale to Algonquin Power & Utilities*
• Assurant on acquiring certain insurance agencies owned by Green Tree Credit Solutions*
• Fidelity National Financial on its:
  • Acquisition of LandAmerica Financial Services*
  • Sale of its National Flood Insurance Program business to Aquiline Capital*
  • Sale of its personal lines business to WE Holding*
  • US$400 million acquisition of InterCept*
• FOJP’s management team on disposing Hospitals Insurance Company and certain FOJP assets to The Doctors Company*
• Gallatin Point Capital, as lead investor, on its collective investment behind SiriusPoint’s go-public deal*
• Hannover Re and Benfield on the sale of alternative investment vehicles to AIG*
• Hannover Re on the sale of its business lines to Hartford Financial Services*
• HBK and Northaven Management on the sale of Rockhill Insurance to State Auto*
• Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group on acquiring Towers Watson’s reinsurance brokerage unit*
• Lender Processing Services on its public company spin-off*
• Lincoln National on its US$7.5 billion acquisition of Jefferson-Pilot Financial*
• MetLife on its:
  • US$11.8 billion acquisition of Travelers Life and Annuity from Citibank*
  • Sale of its 401(k) business to Great West Life & Annuity*
  • US$1.3 billion acquisition of The Midland Company*
  • US$352 million acquisition of Sterling Life and Olympic Health Management from Aon*
  • US$742 million acquisition of Hartford Steam Boiler from AIG*
• National Atlantic Holdings on its acquisition by Palisades Safety and Insurance Association*
• Premia Holdings on acquiring Navigators Holdings (Europe) and its associated companies, including Assurances Continentales – Continentale Verzekeringen of Belgium and Canal Re of Luxemburg, from The Hartford*
• RenRe, Koch, and Partner Re on the sale of Channel Re to MBIA*
• Sedgwick on:
  • Acquiring JND Legal Administration*
  • Acquiring Temporary Accommodations*
  • The sale of its group health peer review and independent medical examination assets to ExamWorks*
  • Acquiring Stericycle's Expert Solutions service line*
  • Acquiring York Risk Services Group*
  • Malaysian subsidiary Sedgwick Malaysia’s acquisition of Maphilindo International from the existing shareholders*
  • Acquiring Security Capital Corporation*
• Slice, an insurtech startup, on corporate and insurance regulatory matters, including multiple joint ventures with large insurers and corporates*
• Sun Life Financial on its:
  • US$650 million acquisition of Genworth Financial’s group benefits business*
  • Sale of two operating businesses*
• Swiss Re on its multi-jurisdictional joint venture with Orsus Insurance International*
• THL, TPG, and other investors on their US$635 million acquisition of Sedgwick from Stone Point Capital*
• THL, TPG, and other investors on their sale of a minority interest to United Healthcare*
• Tower Group on various acquisition transactions*
• Unified Commerce Group on its strategic investment in sustainable fashion brand Frank And Oak*
• Watford Holdings on its:
  • US$700 million acquisition by Bermuda-based insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance company Arch Capital Group*
  • Agreement to acquire French insurance company Axeria IARD from the APRIL Group*
• Fidelity National Information Services (FIS Global), a Fortune 500 fintech company, on its:
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Virtus Partners, a US credit-based alternatives fund solutions provider*
  • Acquisition of Zenmonics, a provider of software solutions*
  • €375 million acquisition of Clear2Pay*
  • Sale of ClearPar to Markit*
  • US$1.8 billion acquisition of eFunds*
  • Public company spin-off*
• Corinthian Capital on its:
  • Acquisition of Ultimate Toys Inc.
  • Acquisition of Eastern Wholesale Fence and its subsequent sale to Center Rock Capital Partners and Leelanau Private Capital*
  • Acquisition of Best Lighting Products from Wafra Partners*
  • Acquisitions of Hamilton Group and Sierra Engineering, consulting and engineering firms that serve the international oil and gas industry*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham