Christopher L. Martin

Christopher Martin focuses his corporate and transactional law practice on commercial transactions, outside general counsel representation, private equity investments, financing arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and investor matters, executive employment matters, regulation and governmental relations and structural issues in a variety of industries. He also has a wealth of experience in insurance industry-related transactions and insurance regulatory matters. Formerly, he was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

Chris' experience includes:

Recent Representative Insurance Industry Transactions

Public National Title Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of title assets in multi-state transaction (2017)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of multiple appraisal services companies (2020)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of remote online notary services company (2020)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of title and public records services company (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of real estate data and analytics services company (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of multiple U.S. title companies (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of mortgage lending digital origination and loan processing services business (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of mortgage lending digital origination and loan processing services business (2021)
• Advise purchaser in cross-border acquisition of business process outsourcing services business (2022)

Private Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of private surety company (2018)
• Advise issuer in capital raise effected through private offering of subordinated debt securities (2019)
• Advise issuer in capital raise effected through private offering of preferred securities (2020)

Wholesale Insurance Agency

• Advise seller in disposition of Texas managing general agency to national platform purchaser (2019)
• Advise wholesale agency in credit facility negotiation (2014-19)
• Advise strategic investors in acquisition of interests in Texas agency (2019)

Public Insurance Holding Company

• Advise seller in disposition of multiple North American business units (2018-19)

Mutual Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of Alaska-domiciled workers compensation and liability insurer (2019)

Wholesale Insurance Agency

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of California and Texas retail broker (2018)
• Advise seller in prospective auction process disposition of operating unit (2021)

Insurance Agency

• Advise seller in disposition of Texas insurance agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser (2019)

Insurance Agency

• Advise seller in disposition of Texas insurance agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser (2018)

Insurance Agency

• Advise regional platform agency holding company in acquisition of insurance agency assets and book of business (2016)

Private Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in competitive bid for life insurance and annuity assets and company (2017)
• Advise life holding company borrower in credit facility negotiation (2018)

Surety Managing General Agency

• Advise seller in disposition of Texas surety managing general agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser (2016)

Private Insurance Holding Company

• Advise seller in disposition and re-domestication of Connecticut life insurance company shell (2017)

Private Surety Holding Company

• Advise borrower in negotiation of revolving credit facility (2016)
• Advise Texas surety company in merger with public insurance holding company (2017)

Public Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of Puerto Rico managing general agency (2016)

Private Construction Company

• Advise client in re-domestication of offshore captive insurance company to Texas (2021)