MEMBERS
Ernst & Young is an international professional services firm with 167,000 people across 728 offices in 150 countries. It services clients across Assurance, Advisory, Tax, Transaction Advisory Services in many industries, including life settlements.
Ernst & Young has over seven year's experience of working with clients in the life settlements industry and it draws on its wider capital markets and longevity teams to provide life settlement expertise to the industry. Particular areas of focus are; regulated services (as auditor, calculation agent or valuation agent), due diligence for acquisitions or disposals, and a range of other advisory services including tax, regulatory, actuarial and restructuring.
Ernst & Young has joined ELSA in order to work with other members to promote regulatory change within the life settlements industry and to improve regulatory disclosures in line with ELSA's code of conduct.
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young LLP,
1 More London Place,
London, SE1 2AF
Tel: +44 207 951 9018
Email: gmee@uk.ey.com
http://www.ey.com/UK/en/home
MLF LexServ is exclusively dedicated to supporting life settlement transactions and servicing life settlement portfolios, MLF LexServ utilizes a secure environment that provides clients transparent access to their portfolios and ensures that all assets are managed efficiently.
MLF LexServ
MLF Lexserv LP 4350 East-West Hwy Suite 905 Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel: +1 (240) 333 7366
Email: mconiglio@mlflexserv.com
http://www.MLFLexServ.com
Founded in 1995, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) promotes the development, integrity and reputation of the life settlement industry and a competitive market for the people it serves. LISA is the US’s oldest and largest organization representing participants in the Settlement Industry with a current membership of over 134 Companies, doing business in all fifty states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Members consist of Brokers, Providers, Financing Entities, and service providers to the industry. Since its inception, LISA has been the leader in promoting responsible legislation and regulation in the industry. Members and staff have contributed conceptual as well as detailed language to laws governing the industry in every regulated state. These efforts have resulted in improved public information and awareness while helping to create a competitive market place that serves consumers a valuable financial service.
LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION
1011 E. Colonial Drive Ste 500
Orlando, FL 32803
Tel: +1 407-894-3797
Email: darwin@lisassociation.org
http://www.thevoiceoftheindustry.com
Stephenson Harwood is a full service international law firm, with over 100 partners and 500 staff worldwide. We act for a wide range of listed and private companies, institutions and successful entrepreneurs.
Our service is partner led, designed to manage complex challenges and achieve successful outcomes cost effectively.
We have seven offices across Europe and Asia: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Piraeus, Shanghai and Singapore. Through our network of offices and strong local relationships, we offer clients commercially-focused quality advice across the globe.
Stephenson Harwood was named 'Law firm of the year' at the British Legal Awards 2009.
Stephenson Harwood
One, St Paul's Churchyard
London
EC4M 8SH
Tel: + 44 20 7329 4422
Email: info@shlegal.com
http://www.stephensonharwood.com
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP is a full-service civil law firm with a national and international reach. We dedicate ourselves to the constant pursuit of our clients' success. To provide our clients with optimal value, we combine market-leading legal services with a total understanding of their needs to maximize effectiveness, efficiency and opportunity. MMM enjoys national prominence for its real estate, litigation, technology, healthcare, intellectual property, capital markets, environmental, green industry, insurance, mergers & acquisitions and timberland & forest products practices. MMM has offices in Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Savannah, Taipei, Beijing and Washington, D.C. and an alliance with FGCN in São Paulo, Brazil.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
3343 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Tel: (404) 233-7000
Fax: (404) 365-9532
Fasano Associates is a leading underwriting consulting firm serving the life, annuity and life settlement markets. Historically, Fasano’s life expectancy estimates have been the most consistent and accurate in the market. Fasano is the only life expectancy underwriter to integrate physicians into the analytic process, and its cadre of physicians includes former Chief and Senior Medical Directors from companies such as New York Life, Genworth and John Hancock. Its robust medical analysis is complimented by state of the art actuarial research. Its proprietary mortality tables facilitate more precise cash flow modeling by incorporating changes in the slope of the mortality curve related to the severity of disease impairment. Fasano licenses its database and mortality tables to qualified institutional investors. It also hosts an annual Fall Life Settlement and Longevity Conference that is geared to the investor market. (www.fasanoassociates.com\registration_form).
Fasano Associates
1201 15th Street, N.W.
Suite 250
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: +1 (202) 457-8188
Fax: +1 (202) 457-819
Email: mfasano@fasanoassociates.com
http://www.fasanoassociates.com
AA-Partners Ltd. (AAP) is an independent investment boutique specialized in advisory services for institutional clients. Based on our expertise we are the sponsor of the AAP Life Settlement Index, a benchmark for the life settlement industry tracking the performance of open-ended funds with a strategy in the life settlements area. AAP was founded in January 2007 and is domiciled in Zurich (Switzerland).
AA-Partners Ltd
Witikonerstrasse 36
8032 Zurich
Tel: +41 (0)79 834 3863
Email: info@aa-partners.ch
SL Investment Management is a specialist asset manager advising on, or managing, assets worth over £930 million/ US $1.5 billion (31/12/2009). Specifically, SL designs, builds and manages funds for institutional investors based on traded life insurance policies - US Life Settlements and UK Traded Endowment Policies.
Having worked with leading financial institutions, SL has developed a range of funds and is a leading UK expert in the traded life policy asset class. The company is considered to be the only full-service organisation in the UK dealing with both Life Settlement and TEP (Traded Endowment Policy) funds.
SL Investment Management Limited
8-11 Grosvenor Court
Foregate St
Chester
CH1 1HG
Tel: +44 (1244) 317999
Fax: +44 (1244) 32109
Email: info@slinvest.co.uk
http://www.slinvest.co.uk
Coventry created the secondary market for life insurance in the US.
By uniquely bridging insurance and capital markets, it pioneered the life settlement industry and opened a new class of longevity-based assets for institutional investors worldwide.
Today Coventry continues to create new opportunities for institutions seeking access to longevity-based assets. Coventry’s deep experience and global platform, have led to completion of in excess of $30 billion longevity-related transactions.
Coventry Capital Ltd
52 Charles Street
London
WIJ 5EU
Tel: +44 (0)20 7318 8900
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP is a full-service, national law firm of approximately 700 attorneys with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. LLB&L was formed on October 2, 2007, after the combination of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP, a national firm headquartered in Chicago.
With an expanded geographic scope, and a national reputation in complex litigation, regulatory and transactional work, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell is focused on achieving client success as a team. Among LLB&L’s many strong practice areas are appellate, corporate and securities, employee benefits, energy, environmental, financial services, health care, insurance and reinsurance industries, intellectual property, labor and employment, public law, real estate, REIT, tax and technology.
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Lloyd's, Suite 785
One Lime Street
London, EC 3M7DQ
Tel: 020 7327 4534
Email: info@lordbissell.com
http://www.lockelord.com
RCP is a boutique insurance consultancy/brokerage that specializes in modeling actuarial data, developing complex underwriting pitch books and drafting sample policies for clients who seek to mitigate unconventional risks in the insurance and capital markets.
Risk Capital Partners
Risk Capital Partners
100 Pall Mall
St James
London SW1Y 5NQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +1 (212) 496 7478
Email: info@rcps.com
http://www.rcps.com
Orrick provides the highest quality advice on complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters. The firm is particularly known for its work in the technology, financial services and energy and infrastructure sectors. It acts for leading financial institutions, six of the top 10 global technology companies, as well as more than 1,000 emerging companies. More than a third of the Fortune 100 call on the firm’s litigation, intellectual property and alternative dispute resolution practices. From the firm’s roots in California across 24 offices globally, Orrick lawyers are committed to working together seamlessly to develop creative solutions for our clients. The Financial Times ranks Orrick among the top five US law firms in its 2011 Innovative Lawyers report and Law360 includes Orrick on its ‘Global 20’ list of leading firms.
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
107 Cheapside
London EC2V 6DN
Tel: +44 20 7862 4600
Fax: +44 20 7862 4800
Email: tkatz@orrick.com
http://www.orrick.com/offices/london/
Maple Life Financial is recognized as a global leader in helping institutional investors achieve their objectives in the mortality-based products market. Known for its world class service and integrity, Maple Life Financial provides a broad array of services to institutional investors, including the origination of investment grade assets. Maple Life Financial is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
Maple Life Financial
4350 East-West Hwy.
No: 900
Bethesda
Maryland 20814
USA
Tel: +1 877 777 0635
Email: info@maplelifefinancial.com
http://www.MapleLifeFinancial.com
Arent Fox LLP, with offices in Washington, DC, New York, and Los Angeles, is a recognized leader in areas including insurance, intellectual property, real estate, telecommunications, health care, automotive, sports, white collar, international trade, bankruptcy, and complex litigation. With more than 350 lawyers nationwide, Arent Fox has extensive experience in corporate securities, financial restructuring, government relations, labor and employment, finance, tax, corporate compliance, and the global business market. The firm represents Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, trade associations, foreign governments, and other entities.
Arent Fox LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-5820
Elliott M. Kroll
212.484.3987
elliott.kroll@arentfox.com
Tel: Jule Rousseau: +1 212.484.3948
Email: jule.rousseau@arentfox.com
http://www.arentfox.com/