Eoin Caulfield
Partner
Eoin Caufield is a Partner and Head of our Insurance Department. Eoin joined the Firm in 1995. His practice involves a combination of insurance and reinsurance work, both on the non-life and life side, together with a general corporate and financial services client base.
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Eoin is a member of the International Bar Association Insurance Committee; Insurance Institute of Ireland and the British Insurance Law Association. Recent speaking involvements include Financial Services Ireland; Insurance Ireland and the European Insurance Forum. In addition to his legal qualifications he holds an MBS (Financial Services) and an affiliation to the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.
Recent significant transactions include advising:
- Athora on its acquisition of Aegon Ireland
- AA plc on its sale of AA Ireland to Carlye Cardinal
- Banco Santander on its sale to CNP Assurance of a majority interest in its Irish cross-border insurance subsidiaries
- Allied World, AXA, Markel, Catalina and SCOR on various Court sanctioned mergers and amalgamations of Irish insurance and reinsurance activities
- Fidelity Worldwide Investment (FIL), Santander Insurance and Chaucer on the authorisation of their Irish insurance companies
- Various clients on matters including Solvency II outsourcing, enforcement actions, own funds/capital, Brexit contingency planning and structured transactions (pension de-risking, collateral and portfolio transfers)
Ranking & Recommendations
2023 Chambers Europe
“Eoin Caulfield is an extremely capable lawyer with the unique ability to seamlessly integrate his vast legal expertise with commercial realities to get the best results for his clients. He is very knowledgeable and is always a joy to work with.”

2022 Legal 500 EMEA
"Eoin Caulfield is the stand out partner in the practice. Originally from a corporate law background he has an excellent combination of transactional experience combined with a through understanding of the law and regulations applicable in the Irish market. In addition, he has excellent international contacts which are very useful in the context of cross-border deals."

2022 IFLR 1000
Eoin is ranked as Highly Regarded in IFLR 1000 for Financial Services Regulatory.

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