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Munich
Dr. David Schwintowski
Partner
david.schwintowski@freshfields.com
Munich: +49 89 207020
Singapore: +65 6636 8000
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About

David advises on transactional and regulatory matters, both domestic and cross-border.

His areas of practice include public and private M&A, corporate restructurings, privatisations, insurance and banking law. He specialises in advising financial investors, including private equity houses and insurance companies.

He is a member of our Insurance Group.

He speaks German and English. 

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Mergers and acquisitions
Private capital
Financial services
Fintech
Insurance
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  • Baloise on its merger with Helvetia Holding, creating Switzerland's second largest insurer
  • Baloise on selling its portfolio holdings in digital insurer FRIDAY to Allianz Direct Versicherungs-AG
  • Vienna Insurance Group on the signing of a business combination agreement with NÜRNBERGER 
  • Cinven on the sale of Viridium Group
  • Cinven and Hannover Re on their €300m acquisition of Heidelberger Leben, a provider of German retirement and life insurance products, from Lloyds Banking Group.
  • Cinven and Hannover Re on their €220m acquisition of the Skandia life insurance business in Germany and Austria.
  • Zurich Insurance on its acquisition of a majority stake in Indian insurer Kotak Mahindra General Insurance 
  • gategroup on the outsourcing of pension liabilities to Funding Solutions Germany
  • Fidelidade - Companhia de Seguros, the leading insurance company in Portugal, on the acquisition of a majority stake in the prosperity company AG, an insurtech group with main focus of operation in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein
  • Verisk on its acquisition of ACTINEO, a leading Germany-based international InsurTech business
  • Industrial gases specialist Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) and its subsidiary Matheson Tri-Gas (MTG) on their US$5bn acquisition of Praxair's European industrial gas business

 

Dr. David Schwintowski
Partner
david.schwintowski@freshfields.com

T +49 89 207020

T +65 6636 8000

Munich Office

Maximiliansplatz 13

80333 Munich
Singapore Office

2 Central Boulevard

#48-01 West Tower, IOI Central Boulevard Towers

018916 Singapore
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