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 2023 edition of Chambers USA in the category of Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York).
Experience
In the last 12 months, Benjamin has advised on the following significant matters:
- Structuring advisor in Vistra’s Rule 144A offering of P-Caps
- The initial purchasers in connection with Global Atlantic's Rule 144/Reg S offering of guaranteed senior notes
- Prudential in its registered offering of junior subordinated notes and its Rule 144A offering of P-Caps
- Allstate in its registered offerings of senior notes and depositary shares
- The initial purchasers in connection with Accident Fund's Rule 144/Reg S offering of surplus notes
- MetLife in its registered offerings of senior notes
- The underwriters in connection with Assured Guaranty’s registered offering of guaranteed senior notes
- Equitable Holdings in its registered offering of senior notes
- Offerings of funding agreement-backed notes involving American General Life Insurance Company, Equitable Financial 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, The Prudential Insurance Company of America and United of Omaha Insurance Company
- Establishing funding agreement-backed commercial paper programs for Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America, New York Life Insurance Company, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and Protective Life Insurance Company
Credentials
Education
Fordham University School of Law, LL.M., 2006 Queen's University Belfast, LLB, 2004 Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen's University Belfast, C.P.L.S, Barrister, 2005