Heidi Sawtell

Partner
Heidi is dedicated to helping clients navigate complex corporate transactions and regulatory landscapes, enabling them to achieve their goals with confidence.
Heidi is dedicated to helping clients navigate complex corporate transactions and regulatory landscapes, enabling them to achieve their goals with confidence.

About

Heidi is Co-head of Insurance. With over 20 years of experience, Heidi advises both non-regulated and regulated financial services clients, including international groups, large corporates, SMEs, and individuals.

She specialises in corporate transactional, company, and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the insurance sector. Heidi joined Stevens & Bolton as a corporate and regulatory partner in 2022, bringing her extensive expertise from a City law firm and her role as senior legal counsel for the UK financial services prudential regulator.

Expertise
Corporate advisory Corporate transactions Insurance

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Successfully advise on multiple share and business acquisitions and disposals, ensuring smooth transitions and strategic growth.
    • Support insurance intermediaries in navigating corporate and regulatory challenges, fostering strong industry relationships.
    • Facilitate joint ventures and group reorganisations, driving innovation and operational efficiency.
    • Provide expert counsel on insurance business transfer schemes under Part VII of FSMA, engaging effectively with relevant regulators.
    • Guide clients through prudential and conduct regulatory matters, including the regulatory regime for (re)insurers and third country branches.
    • Provide down-to-earth advice on corporate advisory and corporate governance matters, embedding relationships and enhancing client compliance and risk management.
    • Manage reinsurance and bulk purchase annuity transactions, delivering tailored solutions for complex financial arrangements.
  • Qualifications and recognition
    • Extensive experience in the insurance sector, advising life and non-life (re)insurers, intermediaries and Lloyd’s market participants.
    • Recognised for technical excellence and pragmatic problem-solving.
    • Published articles on corporate and regulatory topics, contributing to industry knowledge.
  • Successfully advise on multiple share and business acquisitions and disposals, ensuring smooth transitions and strategic growth.
  • Support insurance intermediaries in navigating corporate and regulatory challenges, fostering strong industry relationships.
  • Facilitate joint ventures and group reorganisations, driving innovation and operational efficiency.
  • Provide expert counsel on insurance business transfer schemes under Part VII of FSMA, engaging effectively with relevant regulators.
  • Guide clients through prudential and conduct regulatory matters, including the regulatory regime for (re)insurers and third country branches.
  • Provide down-to-earth advice on corporate advisory and corporate governance matters, embedding relationships and enhancing client compliance and risk management.
  • Manage reinsurance and bulk purchase annuity transactions, delivering tailored solutions for complex financial arrangements.
  • Extensive experience in the insurance sector, advising life and non-life (re)insurers, intermediaries and Lloyd’s market participants.
  • Recognised for technical excellence and pragmatic problem-solving.
  • Published articles on corporate and regulatory topics, contributing to industry knowledge.
Heidi Sawtell is easy to deal with, she understands the complex nuances and specifics of our particular circumstances, and she delivered what was required.
LEGAL 500

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