Latham & Watkins Represents Howden in Acquisition of Atlantic Group

Howden, the global insurance broking group, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Atlantic Global Risk LLC, the leading independent transaction liability insurance broker in the United States. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Howden in the transaction with a cross-border corporate deal team led by partners Stelios Saffos, Leah Sauter, Zach Podolsky, Mark Austin, and Jon Fox, with associates Said Bakir, Shira Huberfeld, Jack French, Helen Zhang, and Faith Edmunds. Advice was also provided on tax matters by partner Alan Kimball, with associate Jake Meninga; on compensation and benefits matters by partner Nikhil Kumar, with associate Hayden Rutledge; on US labor and employment matters by counsel Laura Waller, with associate Sahar Merchant; on UK labor and employment matters by partner Kendall Burnett, with associate Florence Duval-Roberge; on insurance regulatory matters by partner Analisa Dillingham and counsel Ben Lee; on insurance matters by partner Harrison White, with associate Cole Frost; on intellectual property matters by partner Jessica Cohen, with associate Ece Gonulal; on antitrust matters by partner Lindsey Champlin and counsel Philipp Studt, with associates Kendall Krumme and Ben Bouwman; on ex-US antitrust matters by partner Tomas Nilsson; and on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte.