Law firm Stroock is representing Atlas Merchant Capital as co-lead investor in the pending acquisition of Talcott Resolution, the run-off life insurance and annuity division of The Hartford.

Total consideration to The Hartford of $2.05 billion is comprised of cash, a pre-closing dividend, transferred debt, and a 9.7 percent ownership interest in the acquiring company. The transaction will generate total value to The Hartford’s shareholders of approximately $3 billion.  The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2018.

Stroock’s deal team is led by insurance M&A partner Bernhardt Nadell, insurance tax partner Micah Bloomfield and private equity partner Bradley Kulman.

Other Stroock attorneys who assisted on the transaction include partners Michelle Jewett; Jeffrey Lowenthal; Ian DiBernardo; Steven Rabitz; Michele Jacobson and Robert Lewin; special counsels Beth Norton, Jeffrey Mann and Francis Healy; and associates Gary Ho, Carolyn Cox, Belinda Gao, Brian Friederich and Daniel Park.

Mr. Nadell and Stroock have been prominent players in other major insurance M&A transactions, including ORIX’s $963 million acquisition of The Hartford’s variable annuity business in Japan and multiple investments by Atlas.

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