Bio

E. Drew Dutton is Co-Head of the firm’s UK/European insurance practice. He is a London-based corporate insurance partner who regularly represents financial institutions, private equity sponsors, pension funds and multinational corporations in a broad range of cross-border transactions. Mr. Dutton is also a leader of the firm’s Private Fund Transactions Group, where he regularly advises investors and general partners on a wide range of anchor investments, co-investments, acquisition and investment platforms, bespoke joint ventures and secondaries transactions. In the course of his more than 20-year career with Debevoise, Mr. Dutton has been resident in our offices in New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Frankfurt and advised on deals across many industries and jurisdictions, but he has particularly extensive experience in transactions involving insurance businesses in Europe, North America, Bermuda, and Asia. Mr. Dutton is ranked as a leading practitioner in insurance by Chambers USA (2024), where he has been described as “a very brilliant lawyer, a very good negotiator and a deal maker.” He is also recommended by The Legal 500 US (2024). The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has recommended Mr. Dutton for M&A and Insurance, distinguishing him as a “senior figure” in the market who is “easy to get on with, responsive and tactically astute.” Mr. Dutton has been further recognized in the Global edition of Chambers & Partners for his work in the Insurance, Capital Markets: Equity and Private Equity practice areas and is praised for his levelheadedness, excellent problem-solving skills, intelligence and commerciality. He is also recognized as a Leading Lawyer for M&A and Debt Capital Markets by IFLR1000. Mr. Dutton joined Debevoise in New York in 1999 and became a partner in 2007. He is admitted to practice as an attorney in New York and a solicitor in England & Wales. Mr. Dutton holds an honors A.B. in East Asian Studies (China) from Harvard College and law degrees from McGill University and the Université de Paris XI.