Bio

Jon Hlafter is co-head of Skadden’s insurance M&A and reinsurance practices. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and other corporate matters, including in the financial services and insurance industries. Mr. Hlafter advises on mergers and acquisitions (negotiated and hostile), reinsurance transactions, renewal rights transactions, joint venture transactions, strategic investments, shareholder activism defense, insurance regulatory matters and corporate governance matters, and has advised on some of the largest and most significant insurance M&A transactions in the U.S. and Bermuda over the past decade. Mr. Hlafter has significant experience representing clients in corporate matters, as well as representing major investment banking firms as financial advisors on M&A transactions. In recognition of his work, Mr. Hlafter has been named to IFLR1000 and The Legal 500.