Niall Campbell
Consultant
Prior to re-joining William Fry he worked in the insurance group of a global law firm.
- [email protected]
- Dublin - Head Office

He advises insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as intermediaries, on all aspects of their business including new authorisations, M&A transactions, portfolio transfers, restructurings, corporate governance, policy document review, contractual negotiations and EU and Irish (re)insurance regulatory matters.
Recent significant transactions include advising:
- Allied World, Athora, AXA, Catalina, Chubb, CNP Europe and Markel on various court sanctioned mergers and business acquisitions
- Phoenix Group on the Irish law aspects of the acquisition of Standard Life Aberdeen’s insurance arm
- Groups such as AXA, Chaucer, SCOR and Volkswagen on the authorisation of the respective Irish (re)insurance entities
- Various clients on Solvency II related issues including admissibility and categorisation of own-fund and ancillary own-fund items, Brexit related issues and outsourcing
Niall is a member of the Insurance Institute of Ireland and the British Insurance Law Association. He regularly speaks at insurance industry events and he is a lecturer on the Law Society of Ireland’s professional diploma courses.
2025 Legal 500 EMEA
"The two stars of the team are Eoin Caufield and Niall Campbell - both very responsive and knowledgeable, very user-friendly."

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