Our Team

Gareth is the Head of EMEA, Warranty & Indemnity Insurance within Liberty GTS, the largest team of underwriters in the market, with expertise of writing business throughout the EMEA region. Before joining Liberty (where he originally worked for its Pembroke platform), Gareth spent 2 years at AIG, most recently leading its UK based team of M&A underwriters. Prior to joining the W&I market, Gareth spent 10 years as a qualified lawyer in the corporate department of international law firm, Pinsent Masons. Gareth advised across the full range of private M&A transactions, specializing in private equity buy-outs and divestments and spent 9 months seconded as a deal executive to an institutional investor.

Markus leads the Liberty GTS Mergers and Acquisitions team for Northern Europe.

Before joining the Liberty GTS team in 2017, Markus spent more than six years as a qualified lawyer in the corporate department of international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. He advised across the full range of private equity as well as corporate M&A transactions.

Markus graduated from the University of Hanover, Germany (1.Staatsexamen). While obtaining his doctoral degree from the University of Hanover,he was a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University, Chicago. Markus did his legal training (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court Hamburg including stages at international law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Taylor Wessing.

Samuel graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BSc in Commerce and went on to study at BPP Law School in London. Samuel joined Nabarro LLP in 2010, qualifying as a solicitor in 2012 into the corporate department. Samuel focused on Private and Public M&A transactions in various sectors including real estate, technology and healthcare, with a number of those transactions being W&I insured.

In January 2016, Samuel joined the Liberty GTS (where he previously worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore) team in London underwriting warranty and indemnity insurance on UK and European M&A transactions. As the UK Manager, Samuel focuses on both transactions in the UK and English law transactions worldwide. Samuel has maintained excellent relationships with brokers and clients alike with significant experience working with private equity funds, corporates and management teams to ensure a smooth process during underwriting.

Henry read law at the University of Bristol and subsequently joined Linklaters (London) followed by Allens Linklaters (Sydney). Henry joined Liberty GTS in 2018 from Ambridge Europe, where he worked as a Senior Associate. Since joining the W&I market in 2015, Henry has developed extensive experience of underwriting numerous high-profile, complex domestic and cross-border transactions across EMEA and APAC, involving a diverse range of target sectors, from real estate to oil and gas.

Barbara graduated from Universita’ Cattolica of Milan with a Master Degree in Business Law and was admitted to the Milan Bar in 2010.

Barbara joined the Corporate Department of an Italian independent leading law firm in Milan, where she focused on Private M&A. While working in the London office, Barbara completed a Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at The University of Law in London. Barbara joined Clyde & Co LLP (London) in 2014, qualifying as a solicitor in 2016. During her training contract she spent 6 months seconded to the W&I team at XL Catlin.

In 2016, Barbara joined Liberty GTS (where she previously worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore) as an underwriter in the M&A team in London underwriting warranty and indemnity insurance with a focus on Southern European M&A transactions.

Louise graduated from the University of Lund with a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) and a BSc in Business and Economics in 2013 and thereafter joined the Swedish law firm Vinge, where she focused on private M&A as well as financial and regulatory issues relating to, among other things, banking and fund operations. Louise also spent nine months in 2017-2018 working in the M&A department at the London based law firm Travers Smith, before joining Liberty GTS in 2018 to underwrite Northern European transactions. She is native in Swedish and has bilingual proficiency in Norwegian and Danish.

Before joining the Liberty GTS team in 2018, Sebastian spent more than five years as a qualified lawyer in the real estate department of international law firm Clifford Chance. Key aspect of his work was the advice of investors on acquisitions and sale of real estate, in particular portfolio transactions.

Sebastian graduated from the University of Mainz, Germany (1.Staatsexamen) and also obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Mainz. He did his legal training (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz.

Sebastian is an underwriter in the M&A team in Frankfurt underwriting warranty and indemnity insurance with a focus on Northern European M&A transactions.

Hanna graduated from the University of Stockholm with a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in 2017. In addition to obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 2011 she also studied Business Economics. During the last year of law studies Hanna worked as a paralegal at a Swedish Law firm.

Prior to joining Liberty GTS (where she originally worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore) in 2017, Hanna worked with issues regarding data protection, writing numerous articles and giving lectures on the subject.

Hanna is native in Swedish and has bilingual proficiency in Norwegian and Danish.