Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory team, Joseph Cosentino represents clients in connection with mergers, tender offers, stock and asset acquisitions and related domestic and cross-border transactions in the insurance sector. He has represented acquirers, targets, boards of directors, special committees, investment banks and investors in complex negotiated and unsolicited public and private transactions.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Admiral Group plc on the sale of Compare.com Insurance Agency, LLC to Insurify, Inc.
- Reinsurance Group of America on its strategic $32 billion reinsurance transaction with Equitable Holdings
- Legal & General on the $2.3 billion sale of its U.S. protection business to Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
- Inigo Limited on its $1.67 billion sale to Radian Group Inc.
Education
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New York Law School, 2000 J.D.
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University of Maryland, College Park, 1993 B.A.
Joseph Cosentino is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, where he is Co-Head of the Insurance Transactional and Regulatory team. Based in New York, Joe represents clients in connection with mergers, tender offers, stock and asset acquisitions and related domestic and cross-border transactions in the insurance sector. He has represented acquirers, targets, boards of directors, special committees, investment banks and investors in complex negotiated and unsolicited public and private transactions.
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Admiral Group plc on the sale of Compare.com Insurance Agency, LLC to Insurify, Inc.
- Reinsurance Group of America on its strategic $32 billion reinsurance transaction with Equitable Holdings
- Legal & General on the $2.3 billion sale of its U.S. protection business to Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
- Inigo Limited on its $1.67 billion sale to Radian Group Inc.
Joe received his J.D. from New York Law School in 2000 and his B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1993. He is admitted to practice in New York.