Kirsten Gaeta

Kirsten’s experience includes advising:

• Howard Hughes and Pershing in the pending US$2.1 billion acquisition of Vantage from Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman
• DB Insurance in its US$1.65 billion acquisition of The Fortegra Group, Inc.
• Carlyle in its US$1.3 billion strategic investment and US$500 million preferred equity investment into Trucordia
• NEXT Insurance in its US$2.6 billion acquisition by Munich Re
• Bridge Investment Group in its US$1.5 billion acquisition by Apollo
• Fibrebond Corporation in its US$1.4 billion acquisition by Eaton
• FIS Global, a Fortune 500 fintech company, in its:
  • US$24.2 billion sale of Worldpay to Global Payments and concurrent US$13.5 billion acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business
  • Acquisition of Dragonfly Financial Technologies
  • Acquisition of a digital business banking and cash management solutions provider*
• Avocet, Oaktree, and Lane42 in their US$500 million capital raise and purchase of EMC National Life
• Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company Holdings in its IPO 
• Axonic Insurance in its US$210 million preferred equity investment from LuminArx and Deutsche Bank
• The underwriters in the IPO of Fidelis Insurance
• Zimmer Partners in the sale of Carrick Specialty Holdings

• Transaction counsel in the formation and capital raise of innovative sidecars including:
  • Stone Point and AXIS in raising US$400 million for Monarch Re
  • Mubadala and other investors in their investment in Prismic sponsored by Prudential and Warburg Pincus
  • RGA in raising US$480 million of capital from two capital raises for Ruby Re
  • The lead investor in the US$300 million investment in Enstar’s Scaur Hill Re
  • An asset manager focused on structured credit in its US$200 million raise for a global annuity provider and insurance services company
  • Aquiline Capital in its vehicle raising US$500 million*
  • AXIS and Blackstone in their US$600 million raise for Harrington*
  • Kelso & Company and Arch Capital Group in their US$510 million raise for Premia Re*
  • Fidelis Insurance in its US$1.5 billion raise*
  • Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company in its US$250 million capital raise*
  • Enstar, Hillhouse Capital, and Stone Point Capital in their US$620 million raise for KaylaRe*
  • Universities Superannuation Scheme in its role as lead investor in an insurance consolidation vehicle*
  • A leading insurance-focused asset manager in its US$1 billion raise for a Bermuda-based permanent capital vehicle*

• Sedgwick in its acquisition of Temporary Accommodations*
• Unified Commerce Group in its acquisition of Frank And Oak*
• Corinthian Capital in its:
  • Sale of Eastern Wholesale Fence to Center Rock Capital Partners and Leelanau Private Capital*
  • Acquisition of Best Lighting Products from Wafra Partners*
• Watford Holdings in its:
  • Acquisition of French insurance company Axeria IARD from the APRIL Group*
  • Direct listing of common shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and its US$175 million notes offering*
• Armour in its sale of ILS Investment Management*
• Slice in corporate and insurance regulatory matters, including multiple joint ventures with large insurers and corporates*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham