Frankfurt—Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its insurance team in Germany with the hire of Dr. Kai Goretzky, who will join the Frankfurt office as counsel.

Kai Goretzky has 20 years of experience in providing legal and strategic advice to insurance companies. He focuses on insurance contract law, intermediary law and supervisory law as well as on the specific compliance issues of the insurance industry. He advises international clients on entering the German insurance market and small and medium-sized insurers under Solvency II. Another focus of his practice is the digitization of the insurance industry. In addition, he advises banks and funds on insurance-related legal questions and M&A transactions. Goretzky previously worked as the Director Legal, Tax and Development at InsurTech’s Community Life. Before that, he was a director of legal and tax at Deloitte and senior manager at PwC. 

Andreas Ziegenhagen, Managing Partner Germany: “Kai will cooperate closely with Dentons' global Insurance practice to help further expand our offering in Germany. We extend a very warm welcome to him.”

Dentons advises on insurance transactions, insurance litigation and tax law in the insurance sector in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. At the beginning of this month, the Firm bolstered its transaction team with the addition of Philipp Becker, who joined from AIG as a counsel in the Berlin office.

Séverine Hotellier, Head of the Europe Insurance group: "In Europe, we have a strong team advising on all areas of insurance law. Frankfurt is an important location for this sector, not least due to the location of the European Insurance Supervisory Authority. Mr. Goretzky's legal experience in the strategic orientation and structuring of insurance companies ideally matches our profile".

Robert Michels, Frankfurt Managing Partner, commented: "Insurers are massively affected by the upheavals of digitalization today. Through his many years of experience as an in-house lawyer at an InsurTech, Kai knows the current challenges of the industry. With this background, he perfectly fits Dentons’ entrepreneurial mindset and culture, which promotes technical innovation as a part of successful consulting.”

Goretzky is the latest of six counsel and partners to join Dentons in Frankfurt this year.

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