About Michael

Michael Sher is the former Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. division of MAPFRE (BME: MAP), the $26.8B publicly traded global insurance and reinsurance group. Michael, who started his legal career at Ropes & Gray, ranked by Am Law as a top 10 law firm, specializes in contracts and corporate transactions, especially those requiring regulatory approvals.

Michael brings his experience in government service and as a Washington-based government affairs consultant to clients seeking approvals at all levels of government.

Michael graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif, and from Amherst College, magna cum laude.

The firm delivers a business-oriented approach to the law based on Michael’s leadership experience, including interim CEO positions at two companies and service a corporate director at, among others, an Insurtech joint venture among three publicly traded companies.

Michael specializes in:

• Corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions, as well as company formation, dissolutions and runoffs.
• Contract drafting, negotiation, and review, with expertise in technology, vendor, and outsourcing agreements.
• Insurance and reinsurance law, including inter-company, agency, business development, and reinsurance agreements, structuring transactions, compliance, regulation, licensing and responding to regulatory examinations.
• Outside General Counsel services, including corporate governance and providing corporate secretary services.
• We also partner with large law firms to deliver high quality legal services cost-effectively to mutual clients.
• Service contract and motor club law and transactions.

Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• Vermont