Elena M. Coyle is a Partner at Skadden and co-head of the Firm’s insurance M&A and reinsurance practices. She advises on a diverse range of complex corporate transactions on behalf of insurers in the life and annuity, health, long-term care (LTC), property and casualty and surety markets, as well as on related regulatory representations. Ms. Coyle also represents private equity clients, asset managers and other investors in the insurance, financial services and fintech sectors. Her experience includes counseling on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (both domestic and cross-border), reinsurance (both in-force and flow), renewal rights transactions, mutual transactions, capital markets transactions, side cars, insurance-linked securities, intercompany reorganizations and restructurings, as well as advising insurance clients in evaluating new and emerging transaction structures, including divisions and insurance business transfers, and in the creation of new (re)insurance and asset management platforms, both domestically and internationally.

Ms. Coyle has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in Chambers USA, where she is recognized as a leading lawyer in its Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory category and described by clients as “among the very best insurance lawyers” and “incredibly capable and a very skilled negotiator.” In addition, Ms. Coyle was named one of The Deal’s 2023 Top Women in Dealmaking, which honors women who are “setting the bar for the next generation of attorneys.” Most recently, Ms. Coyle was named the 2024 Young Lawyer of the Year (Corporate) in The American Lawyer Industry Awards, was included in Crain’s New York Business “40 under 40” list for 2024 and was named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.  Ms. Coyle serves on the Policy Committee at Skadden, the Firm’s highest governing body.