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Travers, Debevoise and Freshfields provide cover for $1.1bn Ascot insurance deal

Travers, Debevoise and Freshfields provide cover for $1.1bn Ascot insurance deal
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Sarah Downey
20 September 2016
Corporate and M&ADeal watch

Usual suspects Travers Smith, Debevoise & Plimpton, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have been gifted with advisory roles on the latest heavyweight deal as Canada Pension Plan Investment (CPPIB) has agreed to buy Ascot Underwriting Holdings, the Lloyds of London insurer linked to American International Group (AIG), as part of a $1.1bn agreement.

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