Benjamin Nixon is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the Insurance Capital Markets practice. Benjamin’s focus includes capital market transactions, including representing issuers and investment banks in registered offerings, private placements, and tender and exchange offers.
Benjamin is recognized in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA in the category of Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York).
Benjamin has advised on the following significant matters since August 2020:
- Northwestern Mutual in connection with its offering of surplus notes
- Fidelity National Information Services in connection with its offering of senior notes and related tender offers
- The initial purchasers in connection with American Family’s offering of senior notes
- The initial purchasers in connection with Kuvare US’s offering of preferred shares guaranteed by Kuvare UK
- Equitable Holdings in connection with its offering of depositary shares
- Allstate in its D&I offering of senior notes
- CNO in its offering of subordinated debentures
- The initial purchasers in connection with One America’s offering of senior notes
- MetLife in connection with its offering of preferred shares
- The underwriters in connection with The Hanover Insurance Group’s offering of senior notes
- Equitable Holdings in connection with its offering of depositary shares
- Offerings of funding agreement-backed notes involving American General Life Insurance Company, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, Forethought Life Insurance Company, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, New York Life Insurance Company, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Pacific Life Insurance Company, Protective Life Insurance Company and The Prudential Insurance Company of America
- Commercial Paper programs for Fidelity National Information Services, The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Pacific Life Insurance Company, The Prudential Insurance Company of America and Zurich