Niall Campbell

Consultant

Prior to re-joining William Fry he worked in the insurance group of a global law firm.

Niall Campbell

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

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