Brad Drake is a partner in the Insurance Private Equity and M&A practice at Paul Hastings LLP and is based in the firm’s Chicago office. He frequently represents insurers, reinsurers, investment managers and other insurance market participants in a broad range of insurance-related transactions, including company formations, capital raising, M&A, reinsurance and many novel risk-transfer structures. With over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, Brad has advised clients in some of the most innovative and important transactions in the evolution of private capital’s role in the life and annuity market. Brad holds a B.A. from Amherst College and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Washington University.