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Rizwan is a partner in the Corporate/M&A Team in London.  His practice focuses on transactions in the financial services sector. He advises on acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, group reorganisations and general corporate matters. He regularly leads multi-jurisdictional transactions using CMS’s international platform.

In the Banking sector, he advises high street, specialist and challenger banks on corporate matters, including Bank M&A, Part VII business transfers and investments by development finance institutions and private equity.

In the Insurance sector, he advises on brokerage, MGA, Lloyd’s and managing agency transactions. In addition, he advises on investment into and the set-up of insurance ventures in the UK. Rizwan has been included as a key lawyer for Corporate Insurance Transactions in Legal 500.

He has particular experience in the Pensions sector, advising trustees and sponsors on asset backed funding arrangements and on master trust M&A. 

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Very responsive, very pragmatic and very easy to work with."
    Thomson Reuters

Relevant experience

  • Access Bank UK on its acquisition of AfrAsia Bank, Mauritius. 
  • United Trust Bank on Warburg Pincus’ minority investment.  
  • MetLife on the sale of its insurance businesses in Greece and Poland to NN Group.
  • Sanlam on the sale of its life and pensions business to Chesnara and wealth management business to Oaktree. 
  • Evolve Pensions master trust sale to Smart Pensions. 
  • Optio on the sale of an insurance binder broker business to Gallagher. 
  • Sale of Lloyd’s managing agent Lime Synidcate Management to Somers Re. 
  • Sale of Internation Passenger Protection MGA to Dual.  
  • NatWest Group on the sale of its trust management and administration businesses.
  • MS Amlin on the sale of its marine pleasure craft book to Aston Lark. 
  • Gallagher on the acquisition of Capsicum Re.
  • Unum Group on its acquisition of Polish insurance provider Pramerica. 
  • FSMA Part VII banking business transfers for a number of international banks, including RCI Bank. 
  • Several asset backed funding arrangements for pension schemes and sponsors.

Education

  • 2005 - LPC, BPP Law School, London
  • 2004 - GDL, BPP Law School, London
  • 2003 - BA, University of Warwick 

Insights by Rizwan

CMS advises Access Bank on strategic acquisition of Zempler Bank

06 Mar 2026 2 min read

CMS advises MetLife on sale of operations in Poland and Greece to NN Group

16 Aug 2021 2 min read
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