Jeremy C. Watson, P.C.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jeremy was involved in the following matters:

• Recapitalization of Cayman reinsurer by U.S. alternative asset manager and hedge fund.
• Formation and capitalization of Ruby Reinsurance Company with funding from Golub Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management and Sammons Financial Group.
• Various U.S. and Asia-Pacific reinsurance transactions of subsidiaries of Athene Holding (including block reinsurance transaction with FWD Life Insurance).
• Formation and capitalization by Athene Holding and Apollo Global Management of ACRA 1 and ACRA 2 (long-duration, on-demand capital vehicles funded by Athene and certain investment funds managed by Apollo).
• Formation and structuring of Apollo Aligned Alternatives, including Athene’s initial sale of alternative investments to the fund.
• Merger of Athene Holding with Apollo Global Management, in an all-stock transaction creating a pro forma $29 billion market cap company (with Athene valued at approximately $11 billion).
• Investment by RedBird Capital Partners in Aquarian Holdings.
• Sale of Talcott Resolution to Sixth Street by an investor consortium led by Cornell Capital LLC, Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, TRB Advisors LP, Global Atlantic Financial Group, Pine Brook, J. Safra Group, Hudson Structured Capital Management and The Hartford.
• Sale by Cigna of its group life and disability insurance business to New York Life for $6.3 billion.
• Reinsurance by Athene Life Re of a $27 billion block of annuities from Jackson National Life Insurance Company and a $500 million indirect equity investment in Jackson.
• Combination common share exchange with and $1.55 billion sale of common shares to Apollo Global Management by Athene Holding.
• Acquisition by Athene Holding of GE Capital’s aviation lending business, PK AirFinance, including its approximately $3.6 billion loan portfolio.
• Acquisition by Western & Southern Financial Group of Gerber Life Insurance Company from Nestlé S.A. for $1.55 billion.
• Acquisition by Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding from Voya Financial of Voya Insurance and Annuity Company, including Voya’s closed block variable annuity business, for approximately $500 million, and Athene’s agreement to reinsure $19 billion of Voya’s fixed and fixed indexed annuity liabilities.
• Sale by The Hartford of its run-off life insurance and annuity businesses, known as Talcott Resolution, for $2.05 billion to an investor group that included Cornell Capital, Atlas Merchant Capital, Global Atlantic, TRB Advisors, Pine Brook and J. Safra Group.
• Acquisition by PartnerRe Ltd. of Aurigen Capital Limited.
• Acquisition by The Hartford of Maxum Specialty Insurance Group.
• Organization and $800 million capital raise of ABR Reinsurance Capital Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurance organization, by ACE in a venture with BlackRock.
• Sale by The Hartford of its Japanese variable annuity business to ORIX Corp. for approximately $1.4 billion.
• Acquisition by Athene Holding Ltd. of Aviva plc’s U.S. life insurance business for approximately $1.55 billion.
• Acquisition by Cigna of Great American Supplemental Benefits Group.
• Acquisition by Athene Holding Ltd. of Investors Insurance Corporation.
• Sale of Data and Staff Services Co. to RLI Insurance Company.
• Sale by UniGroup, Inc. of Vanliner Insurance Company to National Interstate.
• Sale by American International Group, Inc. of its 21st Century Insurance Group to Farmers Insurance Group, a unit of Zurich Financial Services, a transaction with a total enterprise value of over $2 billion.
• Sponsored demutualization of Podiatry Insurance Company of America and acquisition by ProAssurance Corporation.
• Sale by General Electric of its auto warranty insurance companies and business to Wachovia Corporation.