Sarah Lo Piparo
Sarah Lo Piparo is an Underwriter on the W&I team. Before joining VALE, Sarah was an associate at Orrick Italy, where she focused on M&A, private equity, and venture capital deals. Before Orrick, Sarah trained at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Milan, in the corporate and M&A department. Sarah has extensive experience in private M&A, […]
Simar Walia
Underwriting Assistant in the W&I team. Prior to joining VALE in September 2023, Simar graduated from Imperial College London in MSc Finance, where she expanded her knowledge in M&A, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, and Asset Management. Her previous engagement involved serving as a Financial Research Intern at TradePenetrate. She completed her undergraduate studies in Mathematics […]
Olivia Vice
Olivia Vice is a Senior Underwriter in the W&I team. Olivia joined from Hogan Lovells, where she was a senior associate focusing on investment and corporate real estate transactions. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Olivia was an investment manager at Ingenious Investments specialising in real estate financing transactions. Olivia trained and practiced as a solicitor […]
Victoria Goodsell
Victoria Goodsell is an Underwriter in the W&I team. Vicky joined from Dentons, where she trained and was practicing as a solicitor in the banking & finance group. In addition to past experience in financial services, in 2019 Vicky spent six months on secondment from Dentons to Beazley’s W&I team. Vicky holds a degree in […]
Mathias Beyer
Mathias Beyer is a Senior Underwriter in the W&I team. Mathias joined from Linklaters in Düsseldorf, Germany, focusing on private M&A transactions and corporate restructurings in the mid to large-cap sector. Mathias studied law at the University of Passau, Germany, before completing his legal clerkship (Referendariat) at the regional court of Münster with stages at […]
Kevin Costello
Kevin Costello is a Director, W&I. Kevin joined the W&I market in 2017 after a successful career within Civil Service and law and led Ambridge’s European Transactional Risks business based in Frankfurt, Germany. Kevin holds a degree in French and German from the University of Oxford and practised law as a barrister with Travers Smith, […]
Mark Richardson
Mark Richardson is a Junior Underwriter in the W&I team. Mark joined from AXA XL, where he worked a strategic analyst within the Financial Lines department focusing on strategic initiatives for amongst other the M&A insurance offering. Mark studied at the University of Nottingham, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a […]
Antonio Jesus Sanchez Martin
Antonio Jesús Sánchez Martín is a Senior Underwriter in the W&I team. Antonio Jesús joined VALE from Liberty Global Transaction Solutions where he spent three years as a W&I underwriter focused on Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese deals. Prior to his time at Liberty, Antonio Jesús was an associate at the corporate/M&A department of Hogan […]
Conor Duffin-Hall
Conor Duffin-Hall is a Senior Underwriter in the W&I team. Conor joined VALE from Liberty Global Transaction Solutions, where he focused on underwriting M&A transactions in the UK, Ireland, Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe. Conor studied law at the University of Sheffield, spending a year at KU Leuven in Belgium, and subsequently obtained […]
Holly Edwards
Holly Edwards is a Director, W&I. Holly joined VALE Europe from Beazley where she was M&A Counsel and underwriter. There she specialized in the underwriting of W&I risks with a global remit (including US and Asia Pacific risks) but with a focus on Europe. Before joining Beazley, Holly underwrote transactional liability risks for both AIG […]