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Meet the TRI team
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Meet the TRI Team – Global
The complexity of risks inherent in a corporate level transaction, such as a merger or acquisition, can be such that they threaten
the deal itself. Tokio Marine HCC specialises in customising innovative Transaction Risk Insurance solutions, allowing the seller to
protect deal proceeds while the buyer gains adequate recourse should any unexpected losses or liabilities arise once the deal is
finalised. Our Transaction Risk Insurance team looks to offer a convenient risk transfer solution that can enhance the deal.
Deborah McBrearty heads this team, conducting business out of our Barcelona, London, New York while coordinating with the
Singapore offices for the North American, European and APAC markets.
Deborah McBrearty
Global Head of Transaction Risk Insurance
dmcbrearty@tmhcc.com
Tel: +34 93 530 7393
Mob: +34 687 971 530
Deborah has over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, specifically in the field
of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) solutions. She is widely recognised for establishing
Transaction Risk Insurance (TRI) as a sought-after line of business.
Since joining Tokio Marine HCC in 2009, she has been managing the TRI book of
business globally, with teams in Barcelona, London, Munich, New York, Singapore and
Sydney.
Recently, she has taken on an executive management role that sees her join the
directorship of the Financial Lines & Transaction Risk division.
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Meet the TRI Team – Europe
Miguel Angel Hernandez Birgit Rummel
TRI Manager TRI Manager
Southern Europe Northern Europe
mahernandez@tmhcc.com brummel@tmhcc.com
Tel: +34 93 530 7326 Tel: +49 89 3803 4644
Mob: +34 680 407 927 Mob: +49 152 9003 8585
Miguel joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2012 Birgit leads our Transaction Risk Insurance
and, currently, leads our Southern team for Northern Europe. She is a
European team. qualified German lawyer specialising in
Corporate Finance and M&A.
He is a qualified Spanish lawyer,
specialising in corporate and commercial Before joining Tokio Marine HCC in 2016,
law as well as M&A transactions and has Birgit worked at Munich Re for over 14
worked in the M&A industry for over 15 years. She has a proven track record of
years. He has concentrated on both the handling complex cross-border
legal and the underwriting side of this transactions and combines insurance and
industry and developed a strong reinsurance knowhow with market-
international focus. As such, his extensive management experience.
experience spans many jurisdictions
including Asia Pacific, Continental Europe, She holds an Executive Master’s degree in
Latin America and the UK. International Business and Law from
H.S.G., in Switzerland.
Miguel speaks Catalan, Spanish and
English. Birgit speaks German, English and
Spanish.
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Meet the TRI Team – Europe
Laura Roman Iñigo Caja
TRI Senior Underwriter TRI Senior Underwriter
lroman@tmhcc.com icaja@tmhcc.com
Tel: +34 93 530 7348 Tel: +34 93 530 7306
Mob: +34 676 764 970 Mob: +34 687 971 528
Laura is a qualified Spanish lawyer, now Iñigo is a qualified Spanish lawyer with
Senior Underwriter on the Transaction experience in corporate, contract and
Risk Insurance (TRI) team. insolvency law, as well as providing
counsel on acquisitions.
Since her incorporation to the team, she
has underwritten M&A transactions Prior to joining Tokio Marine HCC in 2019,
worldwide with a particular focus on Asia he worked for Magin Pont, Abogados y
Pacific and the UK. She now manages Asesores Tributarios, Bufete Marroquín
our French and Benelux risk portfolio and, and Uría Menéndez Abogados. He has a
as one of our more experienced Master’s degree in Law from Universitat
underwriters, leads the development of de Barcelona. His vast M&A experience
policy wordings, coordinates the team’s has led him to his position today as a
technical training, and handles knowledge Senior Underwriter focusing on our
management within the department. Southern Europe portfolio.
Laura speaks Catalan, Spanish, English Iñigo speaks Catalan, Spanish, English
and French. and French.
4Meet the TRI Team – Europe
Magdalena Gmur Herminia Pérez Oscar Acuña
TRI Underwriter TRI Underwriter TRI Underwriter
mgmur@tmhcc.com hperez1@tmhcc.com oacuna@tmhcc.com
Tel: +34 93 530 7483 Tel: +34 93 530 7374 Tel: +34 93 530 7415
Mob: +34 687 048 188 Mob: +34 629 183 555 Mob: +34 687 048 469
Magdalena graduated from the Faculty of Herminia is a Spanish qualified lawyer. Oscar is a Chilean qualified lawyer who
Law and Administration of the University of She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2018.
Warsaw and completed a course in US a Master’s degree in Business Law and Originally, he concentrated on M&A in the
law at the Center for American Law Industrial & Intellectual Property, both from Asia-pacific region, and then shifted his
Studies co-organised by the University of the University of Barcelona. focus to Southern Europe and Latin
Warsaw and the University of Florida Levin America.
College of Law. She is a qualified attorney, Herminia joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2017
admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association as an intern and in a short time has Prior to joining, Oscar was an Associate
since 2016. ascended to now hold the position of TRI Lawyer for over 10 years in a leading
Underwriter, focusing mainly on our Chilean law firm, specialising in corporate
She started as a TRI Underwriter for Tokio French and Benelux portfolio. and commercial litigation.
Marine HCC in 2019 and was previously
an Associate at DLA Piper Giziński Kycia Herminia speaks French, Spanish, English He holds a Master’s degree in
sp.k. and Catalan. International Business Law from ESADE
Business and Law School and specialises
Magdalena speaks native Polish and is in Tax Consultancy.
fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Oscar speaks Spanish, English, French
and German.
5Meet the TRI Team – Europe
Leo Gradinaru Juan Manuel Velazquez
TRI Jr. Underwriter TRI Jr. Underwriter
lgradinaru@tmhcc.com jvelazquez@tmhcc.com
Tel: +34 93 530 7356 Tel: +34 93 530 7300
Mob: +34 687 971 525
Leo joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2019, Juan Manuel joined Tokio Marine HCC in
focusing on the Southern European 2021 as a Junior Underwriter.
region.
He holds a Lawyer degree from the
Previously, he interned at two law firms Universidad Nacional de Rosario and a
and also worked for SegurCaixa. He holds Master’s degree in International Business
a Bachelor’s degree in Law jointly from Law from the Université Toulouse I
Universitat Jaume I and Universitat de Capitole. During the past years, he has
Barcelona as well as Master’s degree in held different positions as a junior
Investment Treaty Arbitration from the associate of a law firm in Argentina and
University of Uppsala in Sweden. legal counsel for ATR, a French J-V of
Airbus.
Leo speaks Spanish, Catalan, Russian,
Romanian, English and Italian. Juan Manuel speaks Spanish, French,
English, and Italian.
6Meet the TRI Team – UK
Nuala Read Philippa Manley
TRI Manager TRI Analyst
UK
nread@tmhcc.com pmanley@tmhcc.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7648 1309 Tel: +44 (0)20 7648 1314
Mob: +44 (0)7702 806 874 Mob: +44 (0)7747 562 009
Nuala joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2017. Philippa joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2020
Currently, she leads our UK team in their and focuses on the UK region.
offering of tailored insurance coverages to
clients involved in M&A deals. Before joining the team, Philippa
completed the Lloyd’s of London graduate
Nuala has worked in the insurance scheme during which time she worked for
industry for over 25 years. Her career has the Lloyd’s Corporation financial lines
focused predominantly on both the broking team at Lockton and the transaction risk
and the underwriting of M&A insurance insurance team at Tokio Marine HCC.
products. Her vast experience in this field
has seen her place hundreds of specialist She has a Bachelor’s degree in Law, a
M&A policies that often sit alongside Dean Commendation from the University
complex deal structures. Thanks to this, of Exeter and is ACII qualified.
Nuala is heavily consulted in the
development of M&A insurance policies
that bring value to both deal parties.
Nuala is ACII qualified and holds a degree
from Bristol University.
7Meet the TRI Team – USA
Shane de Burca Safiah Smith
TRI Lead Underwriter Operations Coordinator, TRI
North America
sdeburca@tmhcc.com smith@tmhcc.com
Tel: +1 212 326 9360 Tel: +1 646.818.0130
Mob: +1 646 799 3114
Shane is a qualified attorney specializing Safiah joined Tokio Marine HCC in April
in M&A and holds more than 20 years' 2021 as the Operations Coordinator for the
experience across private legal practice underwriting team of Reps and Warranties
and the insurance industry. He is now Insurance (RWI) for North American M&A
Lead Underwriter for North America on our deals.
Transaction Risk Insurance team.
Prior to joining the company, she worked
Before joining Tokio Marine HCC in 2017, at an insurance defense law firm where
Shane was Chief Counsel Underwriter at she supported the managing partner
Concord Specialty Risk. Prior to that, he handling a wide range of legal tasks.
was in legal practice at Davis Polk, and
Chadbourne (now Norton Rose). Safiah holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Criminal Justice with a minor in
His insurance career has focused on Psychology from Rutgers University.
specialist transaction risk products
including Representations & Warranties
Insurance (RWI) and Tax Indemnity.
8Meet the TRI Team – USA
A.J. Kritzman John Csuka Cameron Williamson
TRI Senior Underwriter TRI Senior Underwriter TRI Underwriter
akritzman@tmhcc.com csuka@tmhcc.com cwilliamson@tmhcc.com
Tel: +1 212 326 9339 Tel: +1 212 326 9339 Tel: +1 281 627 1281
Mob: +1 646 761 7191 Mob: +1 646 761 7191
A.J. is a qualified attorney specializing in John is a qualified attorney specializing in Cameron joined Tokio Marine HCC in
M&A and now Senior Underwriter focusing M&A and now Senior Underwriter focusing 2021.
on underwriting Reps and Warranties on underwriting Reps and Warranties
insurance (RWI) for North American M&A insurance (RWI) for North American M&A Prior to joining the company, he was an
deals. deals. Associate Attorney at the law firms
Kirkland & Ellis and Smith Anderson.
He holds over 20 years’ experience across He holds over 10 years’ experience in
the insurance industry, private legal private legal practice. Before joining Tokio He comes from a background in private
practice and public accountancy. Prior to Marine HCC in 2019, he was a Senior legal practice, specializing in Mergers and
joining Tokio Marine HCC in 2018, A.J. Acquisitions (M&A), and is licensed in the
Associate in the Corporate and Finance
was Senior Counsel, M&A Underwriting at states of New York, Texas and North
practice group of Arnold & Porter.
Concord Specialty Risk. Carolina. Cameron is qualified Juris Doctor
from Duke University of Law.
He is a graduate of Brown University with
A.J. is the go-to RWI underwriter for .
a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science
inbound Japanese deals. He also instructs
junior team members on underwriting and went on to obtain his doctorate degree
deals and negotiating policy language. He (JD) from Fordham University School of
is a knowledge leader on the nuances of Law.
underwriting U.S.-style deals.
9Meet the TRI Team – USA
Jonathan Ellis Matt Aslan Patrick Rutkowski
TRI Underwriting Analyst TRI Underwriting Analyst TRI Underwriting Analyst
jellis@tmhcc.com maslan@tmhcc.com prutkowski@tmhcc.com
Tel: +1 212 326 9364 Tel: +1 860-866-8613 Tel: +1 347-899-6720
Jonathan joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2019 Matt joined the Tokio Marine HCC team in Patrick Rutkowski graduated from Florida
as TRI Underwriting Analyst supporting the 2021 as a TRI Underwriting Analyst. State University with a degree in Risk
underwriting of Reps and Warranties Management and Insurance in 2018 and is
insurance (RWI) for North American M&A Previously, he was an Underwriter at studying towards an MBA.
deals. Berkshire Hathaway and an M&A Analyst
at Concord Specialty Risk and Ethos He previously worked at the Florida Office
Previously, Jonathan interned with Cantor Specialty Insurance Services. of Insurance Regulation where he
Fitzgerald’s equity compensations monitored the financial solvency of life and
department. Matt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political health insurance companies.
Science from Oregon State University.
Jonathan holds a Bachelor’s degree
specializing in Finance from the University
of Miami’s business school.
10Meet the TRI Team – APAC
Adrià Vázquez Thomas Burke Dianna Goodwin
TRI Manager TRI Senior Underwriter TRI Senior Underwriter
APAC
adria.vazquez@tokiomarine.com.sg thomas.burke@tokiomarine.com.au diannagoodwin@tokiomarine.com.sg
Tel: +65 6592 5671 Tel: +61 292 257 548 Tel: +65 6592 6536
Mob 1: +65 9739 4364 Mob: +61 452 365 066 Mob: +65 8125 0464
Mob 2: +34 664 505 117
Adrià joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2012 Thomas is a trained lawyer with over 10 Dianna joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2019
and, currently, leads the Asia-Pacific years of M&A experience. He returned to and is a dual qualified lawyer in England,
(APAC) team from offices in Singapore. Sydney Australia, from the UK, to join the Wales and New Zealand. Currently, she is
Tokio Marine Group in 2018. Currently, he based in Singapore where she focuses on
In addition to almost a decade of focuses on TRI Underwriting for the TRI Underwriting for the Asia-Pacific
accumulated TRI underwriting acumen region. (APAC) region.
across Europe and APAC, Adrià is
experienced in business development and Prior to this, he spent almost six years as Dianna holds over 15 years’ experience in
the setup of new underwriting operations. a corporate lawyer, advising on a variety of private legal practice. She has practiced
He also acts as Head of the TMAsia-HCC cross-border transactions. Initially, he from Auckland, London, Moscow, Warsaw
Division at TMAsia, where he coordinates practiced for a top-tier law firm in Sydney, and Singapore. Her main tenure, prior to
intra-group synergies for Financial Lines in and subsequently, he practiced at a US working in underwriting, was at Clifford
Asia. law firm in London. His most recent Chance. There, she advised on complex
position was as a TRI broker for Hemsley M&A, commercial real-estate and financial
Adrià holds a Bachelor’s degree in Wynne Furlonge LLP in London. transactions across diverse geographic
Business Administration and a dual markets and in a variety of sectors.
Master’s degree in International Thomas graduated with a Bachelor’s
Management and Marketing from ESADE degree in Social Science from the At Tokio Marine HCC, Dianna has
Business School. University of Sydney and has a Bachelor’s participated in several global and regional
degree in Law from The Australian knowledge development initiatives.
He speaks Catalan, Spanish and English. National University.
11Meet the TRI Team – APAC
Alex Casanovas Xin Ying Gemma Castro
TRI Senior Underwriter TRI Underwriter TRI Underwriting Assistant
acasanovas@tmhcc.com xsee@tmhcc.com gemma.castro@tokiomarine.com.au
Tel: +34 607 712 712 Mob: +65 9863 1104 Tel: +61 04043 50363
Mob: +34 93 530 7409
Alex joined Tokio Marine HCC’s Barcelona Xin Ying joined Tokio Marine HCC’s Gemma joined the Tokio Marine HCC
office in 2015 as an Analyst on the Singapore office in 2021 as a TRI team in 2020 as a TRI Underwriting
Financial Lines team. He then transitioned Underwriter focusing on the Asia Pacific Assistant.
to TRI in 2016 and is, currently, TRI region.
Underwriter based in Sydney, Australia. Previously, she practiced Law at different
Prior to this, Xin Ying spent five years in advisory firms in the banking and
Alex underwrites M&A globally, with a practice as a corporate lawyer where she telecommunications industries.
particular focus on Asia-Pacific deals. He advised on a range of cross-border M&A
has a sound knowledgebase on transactions in various industry sectors. Gemma holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law
accounting and surrounding corporate from the Universidad Europea de Madrid
valuation matters. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in and obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law,
Law from the National University of specializing in Commercial, Negotiation &
He graduated with both a Bachelor's Singapore. Dispute Resolution from McGill University
degree in Business Administration and a in Canada.
Master's degree in Finance from ESADE Xin Ying speaks English and Chinese.
Business School. Gemma speaks Spanish, Gallego, English
and French.
Alex speaks Catalan, Spanish and
English.
12Meet the TRI Team – Our Assistants
Ana Carolina Aguilar Rubby Peralta Anna Homa Isabel Álvarez
TRI Underwriting TRI Underwriting Assistant TRI Underwriting Assistant TRI Underwriting Assistant
Support Manager
aaguilarrochon@tmhcc.com rperalta@tmhcc.com ahoma@tmhcc.com Ialvarez@tmhcc.com
Tel: +34 93 530 7410 Tel: +34 93 530 7300 Tel: +34 93 530 7300 Tel: +34 93 530 7300
Mob: +34 666 530 868
Ana Carolina joined Tokio Marine HCC in Rubby joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2021 Anna joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2020 Isabel joined Tokio Marine HCC in 2021
2016, originally working on the Operations as TRI Underwriting Assistant. working directly for the TRI admin team. as TRI Underwriting Assistant.
team. She later moved on to be a TRI
underwriting assistant and, currently, leads She has more than ten years of Previously, she gained valuable She has a vast experience working as an
our TRI Administrative Team. experience as an Executive Assistant. experience in Customer Service working at Assistant Manager in Temprano Capital
Previously, she worked in Credit Agricole, Amway Business Centre Europe in Partners and has previously worked in the
Ana Carolina is a qualified Venezuelan BNP Paribas Barclays and Burberry. Krakow, Poland, and Colt Technology Hesperia Barcelona Tower.
journalist specialised in audio-visual Services in Barcelona, Spain. she also
communications and holds a Master’s Rubby speaks native Spanish and is fluent worked for Emirates Airline, allowing her to Isabel has a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism
degree in Administration and Business in English and French. see the world and discover new cultures. from the Universidad de Vigo, and a
Management from EAE Business School Master’s degree in Business
Anna holds a Master’s degree in Incentive
in Barcelona, Spain. Administration from Eude.
and Business Tourism, and a Bachelor’s
Ana Carolina speaks Spanish and English. degree in Tourism and Travel Services Isabel speaks native Spanish, Gallego and
Management. German and is fluent in English and
Anna speaks Spanish, Polish and English. French.
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