Christopher L. Martin

Christopher Martin focuses his corporate and transactional law practice on commercial transactions, outside general counsel representation, private equity investments, financing arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and investor matters, executive employment matters, regulation and governmental relations and structural issues in a variety of industries. He also has a wealth of experience in insurance industry-related transactions and insurance regulatory matters. Formerly, he was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

Chris’ experience includes:

Recent Representative Insurance Industry Transactions

Public National Title Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of multiple appraisal services companies (2020)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of remote online notary services company (2020)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of title and public records services company (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of real estate data and analytics services company (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of multiple U.S. title companies (2021)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of mortgage lending digital origination and loan processing services business (2021)
• Advise purchaser in cross-border acquisition of business process outsourcing services business (2022)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of real estate services software business (2022)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of reverse mortgage specialist title company (2022)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of bulk transaction specialist title and settlement services company (2022)
• Advise purchaser in acquisition of borrower analytics technology assets (2023)
• Advise investor in preferred share investment in bank holding company (2024)

Private Insurance Industry Services Company

• Advise multinational business process outsourcing services company in recapitalization and roll over transaction with private equity sponsor (2022)

Private Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of private surety company (2018)
• Advise issuer in capital raise effected through private offering of subordinated debt securities (2019)
• Advise issuer in capital raise effected through private offering of preferred securities (2020)

Wholesale Insurance Agency

• Advise seller in disposition of Texas managing general agency to national platform purchaser (2019)
• Advise wholesale agency in credit facility negotiation (2014-19)
• Advise strategic investors in acquisition of interests in Texas agency (2019)

Public Insurance Holding Company

• Advise seller in disposition of multiple North American business units (2018-19)
• Advise seller in disposition of property and casualty shell company (2023)

Mutual Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of Alaska-domiciled workers compensation and liability insurer (2019)

Wholesale Insurance Agency

• Advise purchaser in acquisition of California and Texas retail broker (2018)
• Advise seller in prospective auction process disposition of operating unit (2021)
• Advise wholesale agency in credit facility negotiation (2023)
• Advise wholesale agency in formation and multi-state licensure of Domestic Surplus Lines Insurance Company (2023-24)

Insurance Agency and Wholesale Insurance Agencies

• Advise multiple local or regional platform agency or managing general agency sellers in disposition of Texas insurance agency assets and book of business to national platform purchasers (2016, 2018 and 2019)

Private Insurance Holding Company

• Advise purchaser in competitive bid for life insurance and annuity assets and company (2017)
• Advise life holding company borrower in credit facility negotiation (2018)

Public Insurance Holding Company

• Advise joint venture partner in prospective disposition of interest in property and casualty insurance holding company (2024)

Private Reinsurance Holding Company

• Advise reinsurer in investment in wholesale agency holding company (2024) 

Private Surety Holding Company

• Advise borrower in negotiation of revolving credit facility (2016)
• Advise Texas surety company in merger with public insurance holding company (2017)

Private Construction Company

• Advise client in re-domestication of offshore captive insurance company to Texas (2021)