Tim Scott is a counsel in the London office of Latham & Watkins. With over 20 years’ experience in the insurance sector, Mr. Scott has played a leading role in shaping the insurance regulatory landscape in the UK.

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Scott was a Senior Legal Counsel at the Bank of England where he led the Bank’s work on insurer insolvency and resolution. From 2016, he played a leading role covering all major aspects of Brexit as it affected financial services, including equivalence, onshoring, and supporting trade negotiations as part of the Bank’s EU withdrawal unit.

Mr. Scott also holds a unique perspective on the Solvency II regime in the UK and Europe from his time at the Prudential Regulation Authority, and the former Financial Services Authority. There he gained insight into the approach taken by the regulator when determining key applications made by the industry during that period, particularly in relation to restructured matching adjustment assets.

Prior to his significant regulatory positions, Mr. Scott worked in private practice where he specialized in insurance M&A transactions, longevity trades, reinsurance arrangements, ISPVs, insurance financing, and complex regulatory matters affecting insurers.

Mr. Scott's experience includes advising:

  • Onex Partners on its acquisition of Accredited Insurance, a hybrid fronting insurer operating across the US, EU, and UK, from the joint provisional liquidators of R&Q, and associated reinsurance arrangements with Enstar 
  • Zimmer Financial Services Group on the sale of its specialty legacy insurance provider, Carrick Specialty Holding
  • Investors in relation to various ILS investments
  • An insurer on unfunded credit protection to support a funded mezzanine tranche of a UK bank’s SRT transaction on a portfolio of corporate loans
  • An asset manager in relation to asset structuring for Solvency II firms as investors
  • FIS Global on the non-US carve-out of Worldpay (as part of its majority stake sale to GTCR)
  • Various multi-jurisdiction restructuring projects
  • Prudential plc (now M&G plc), then one of the two UK G-SIIs, on its recovery and resolution planning*
  • Underwriters on the IPO of Brit plc*
  • Royal London on the issuance of £400 million fixed rate reset callable guaranteed subordinated notes*
  • Societe Generale on various proposed value in force (or VIF) securitization transactions* 
  • Credit Suisse on the first longevity swap from a defined-benefits pension scheme (Babcock)*
  • NatWest on the disposal of its European consumer credit division*
  • AXA on the creation of the UK’s second-ever ISPV, and associated reinsurance arrangements*
  • Legal & General on the creation of the UK’s first-ever ISPV, and associated reinsurance arrangements*

*Matters handled prior to joining Latham 

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLM, University College London, 2012
  • BCom, Griffith University, 2002
  • LLB, Griffith University, 2002