About Edite Ligere

Appointments

Galileo Global Group, New York, NY, U.S.A., Senior Advisor.
Member of the Philanthropy Board of the Institute of Cancer Research.
Chairman of the Windsor Benefit Trust (for the advancement of music and the arts.)
Member of various international and U.K. pro bono legal initiatives.
Rights of audience in the courts of England and Wales.

Awards

Hubert Greenland Scholar, awarded by The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2000)

Education

Intern at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law focusing on EU and international law (1999 – 2002)
Bar Vocational Course, (Outstanding in Advocacy), Inns of Court School of Law, London (2000)
LLB (First Class Honours: 1996-1999); LLM in EU law, international law, human rights and United Nations law, University of London, (2000-2001)

Memberships

The International Bar Association (2008 – Present)
Insurance Institute of London (2008-Present)
The Bar Association For Commerce, Finance and Industry (2008-Present)
The Bar Council’s Law Reform Committee (2006-Present)
The European Law Committee of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2005-Present)
The Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association of England and Wales (2002-Present)
The Bar European Group (2002-Present)

Edite Ligere’s practice focuses on global financial regulation, banking, insurance, human rights, consumer protection, charity law, data protection, machine learning, artificial intelligence and cyber security.

Selected representations publicly disclosed include:

AIG Inc. in the development of the first global insurance capital standard (“ICS”).
MetLife Inc. in the development of the activities based approach to the identification and mitigation of systemic risk in the insurance sector and the development of the ICS.
Abu Dhabi Investment Council in various acquisitions.
Scotiabank in various acquisitions.
AmTrust in its $218.7 million acquisition of ANV Holding B.V.
AIG with the preparation of a recovery and resolution plan under section 165 of the Dodd‑Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Lloyd’s of London High Premium Group.
AIG in the proposed sale of AIA Group Limited to Prudential plc for $35.5 billion.
GreyCastle Holdings in its $570 million acquisition, backed by a consortium of investors, of the run‑off Life Reinsurance operations of XL Group.
TIAA‑CREF in its partnership with Henderson Group PLC to create TIAA Henderson Real Estate Limited, a new global real estate investment management company, with total assets under management of over $25 billion.
Hardy Underwriting in its response to the unsolicited takeover approach announced by Beazley plc.
Syncora Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda‑domiciled holding company, and its wholly‑owned New York and London subsidiaries, which underwrite financial guarantee insurance, Syncora Guarantee Inc. and Syncora Guarantee UK Limited (the “Company”), in a comprehensive restructuring that relieved the Company of approximately $6 billion in losses and loss reserves.
Catlin Group in its £200 million rights issue, underwritten by JP Morgan and UBS.
Omega in its agreement with Canopius Group on the terms of a recommended £164 million all‑cash bid for Omega by Canopius.
Hanover Insurance Group in its £313 million public bid for Chaucer Holdings.
Novae Insurance Company Limited on the transfer of its insurance business and reserves to Lloyd’s Syndicate 2007 by court order under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

Selected Publications:

Profit in Cyberspace? The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Law; Vol. 2, No. 3, 2019 U.K. and EU chapter on insurance and reinsurance in Practical Law, August 2018
U.K. chapter on banking law and regulation in Getting The Deal Through, 12th Edition, March 2019
U.K. and EU chapter on insurance and reinsurance in Getting The Deal Through, 11th Edition, August 2018
U.K. and EU chapter on insurance and reinsurance in Practical Law, September 2017
U.K. chapter on insurance and reinsurance in Getting The Deal Through, 10th Edition, August 2017
Global systemic risk in the insurance sector – insurers split on recovery and resolution planning: Insurance ERM Issue 21 Spring 2017
U.K. chapter on insurance and reinsurance in Getting The Deal Through, 9th Edition, August 2016
Brexit For Insurers One Month On; Debevoise & Plimpton update August 2016
Insurance and Reinsurance Global Guide Q&A “Insurance And Reinsurance In The U.K. (England And Wales): Overview,” 2016/2017, Thomson Reuters Practical Law: published July 2016
Identifying Systemic Risk – A Risky Business?; Banking Law Journal July/August 2016 p. 364
IAIS Introduces New Assessment Methodology for GSIIs and Discontinues NTNI Label; Debevoise & Plimpton update June 2016
S. Federal Reserve Provides Guidance on Supervisory Approach to Insurance; Debevoise & Plimpton update May 2016
The Importance of Being a Global Systemically Important Financial Institution; Insurance Day 28 April 2016, Law & Order section p.7
Brexit – Regulatory Implications for Banks, Insurers and other Financial Services Firms; Debevoise & Plimpton update April 2016
Prudential Regulation Authority Consults on Remuneration Rules; Debevoise & Plimpton update April 2016
Insurers remain unconvinced by attempts to identity systemic risk; Global Risk Regulator – A Publication from The Banker, Financial Times, March 2016/Volume 14, Issue 3
Age of Aquarius for Individual Accountability in Financial Services?; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2016, 31(3), p. 174
U.K. chapter on insurance and reinsurance in Getting The Deal Through, 8th Edition, June 2015
Industry Prepares for Senior Managers Regime; Insurance Day 19 November 2015, Law & Order section p. 6
Development of International Regulatory Capital Standards Continues, Insurance Day, 2 September 2015, Law & Order section p. 6
New Global Insurer Capital Requirements Could Increase M&A, Law360, 27 October 2015
The EU Solvency II Regime for Insurers: An Update on Implementation FC&S, 1 May 2015
Quo Vadis, Europe?; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2015, 30 (2), p. 121
Co‑author of the Debevoise & Plimpton Insurance and Investment Management M&A Deskbook published by the Practising Law Institute, Corporate and Securities Law Library, 27th April 2015, particularly:
Chapter 2 – Private Acquisitions of an Insurance Business
Chapter 3 – Acquiring a Block of Insurance Business
Chapter 5 – Insurance Regulatory Approval Requirements for a Stock Purchase Deal
Chapter 10 – Investing in Lloyd’s
IAIS Consults on G‑SIIs and NTNI: Are G‑SIIs sellers of non‑core and NTNI business units?; Debevoise & Plimpton update December 2015
Solvency II – What you need to know as effectiveness nears; Debevoise & Plimpton update December 2015
Solvency II equivalence decisions and U.S. – EU Covered Agreement; Debevoise & Plimpton update December 2015
IAIS begins public consultation on HLA for G‑SIIs; Debevoise & Plimpton update July 2015
Financial Stability Board publishes updated list of global systemically important insurers and global systemically important banks; Debevoise & Plimpton update November 2015
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill extends senior managers and certification regime to all U.K. regulated financial services firms; Debevoise & Plimpton update October 2015
NAIC begins to develop a group capital measure for U.S. insurance enterprises; Debevoise & Plimpton update August 2015
The Insurance Act 2015 – Key Considerations; Debevoise & Plimpton update March 2015
Solvency II – The Way Forward; Debevoise & Plimpton update October 2014
The Future of Banking in the EU ?; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2014, 29 (5), p. 308
Enhanced Prudential Standards for Foreign Banking Organisations – A Guide for Each FBO Type; Debevoise & Plimpton update February 2014
Bonus Caps – A Step to Ever Closer Union or Fragmentation in the EU?; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2013, 28 (7), p. 293
The United Kingdom’s New Financial Services Regulatory Structure – The Shape of Things To Come?; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2013, 28 (4), p. 156
Cross‑Border Resolution of Banking Groups – International Initiatives and U.S. Perspectives; Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, Volume 9, Number 7, p.583, October 2013
The U.K.’s Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill : Expect the Unexpected; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2013, 28 (4), N47
Equivalence Under the EUs Solvency II Directive; Law360, January 2012
Hot CoCos from Basel III – The Next Bank Hybrid?; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2011, 26 (8), p. 412
EU Regulation 3642/09 on Credit Rating Agencies; Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2010, 25 (1), p. 1
Editor of Lincoln’s Inn lectures on European Law and Human Rights, 2010 Sweet & Maxwell
K. Financial Services Authority adopts enhanced liquidity standards – the first test of global financial regulatory coordination? Debevoise & Plimpton Financial Institutions Report 13 October 2009
Locus Standi and the Public Interest: A Hotchpoch of Legal Principles; Journal of Planning Law, 2005 Sweet & Maxwell
Providing the Court with Legislation; Judicial Review 2004, 9 (2), p.157
The law of confidentiality, the emerging law of privacy and the operation of the European Convention on Human Rights in domestic Courts; Lawtel Human Rights Bulletin, 4 September 2003

Selected speaking engagements:

United nations in a divided world: geopolitical turbulence and global financial stability: Columbia Law School, New York, NY, U.S.A. March 2019
The Activities Based Approach to Systematic Risk: The Way Forward, Eurofi Financial Forum, Vienna, September 2018
Participated in the New Approaches to Economic Challenges: “10 years after the crisis; what have we learned?” Forum at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, September 2018
Participated in the IAIS Global Seminar in Moscow, July 2018
Global Financial Stability and Systemic Risk: Columbia Law School, New York, NY, U.S.A. February 2018
Systemic Risk, Recovery and Resolution in the Insurance Sector: Institute of International Finance/PricewaterhouseCoopers, London, U.K. October 2017
Identifying and addressing global systemic risk in the insurance sector: the way forward: Eurofi Financial Forum 2017, Tallinn, Estonia, September 2017
Various meetings at the Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland in 2016 and 2017
Brexit: Issues for Financial Institutions: Debevoise & Plimpton, London, U.K., May 2017
Global recovery and resolution standards: Institute of International Finance/PricewaterhouseCoopers, London, U.K. October 2016
Brexit – Issues for Insurers: Debevoise & Plimpton, London, U.K., July 2016
Regulation of financial services in the U.K. and M & A considerations: Debevoise & Plimpton, London, U.K., April 2016.
Lloyd’s of London and Managing General Agents/Underwriters – the way forward – Debevoise & Plimpton, London, U.K., September 2015
Human Rights Update – The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, U.K., June 2015
Basel III and CRD IV – Risk Management Association’s European Conference at Nomura, London, U.K., May 2015
Raising the Bar: Insurers Worldwide Likely to Face More Burdensome Capital and Resolution Planning Requirements Arising from the International Association of Insurance Supervisors Amsterdam Conference – Debevoise & Plimpton New York & London, U.K., 31 October 2014
Market Risk and Counterparty Risk – Risk Management Association’s European Conference at Citibank, London, U.K., May 2013