Edward Lister
Associate, Corporate & Financial Services
Edward Lister is an associate in Willkie’s Corporate and Financial Services Department in London. Edward regularly advises a wide range of clients, including insurance intermediaries, international insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates, on non-contentious insurance and reinsurance matters in both the general and life insurance sectors.
Edward’s experience includes advising on domestic and international operational and regulatory issues (both conduct and prudential), insurance policy drafting and interpretation, negotiating distribution agreements and advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Edward’s experience includes advising on domestic and international operational and regulatory issues (both conduct and prudential), insurance policy drafting and interpretation, negotiating distribution agreements and advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Experience
- Aon Corporation’s regulatory change in control applications made in connection with its £10.6 billion acquisition of NFP
- Regulatory advice to ARAG SE, part of the Munich Re group, in connection with its acquisition of DAS UK
- CVS and Aetna International on commercial and regulatory aspects of Aetna International’s divestment of its international private medical insurance business
- The authorisation of a UK branch of a major European general insurer
- Regulatory advice to a major international insurance group regarding the operation of UK and international group supervision rules
- Regulatory advice to IK Partners on its acquisition of a minority stake in Seventeen Group, a leading independent insurance and risk management organization in the UK