Frank Monaco has more than 25 years of experience helping insurers and reinsurers across the spectrum of transactional and regulatory matters, with a particular focus in the life and annuity space.
Frank represents insurers and reinsurers in mergers and acquisitions, block and flow reinsurance transactions, pension risk transfer transactions and reserve financings, including advising on collateral arrangements and insurance regulatory matters. He also represents industry participants (including private equity funds, private credit funds and asset managers) in establishing or capitalizing reinsurance side car vehicles.
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, New York
- +12128783075
- Email me
- Speaks English
- Practice area Insurance, M&A corporate
Career & qualifications
- Trinity College, 1991
- Fordham University School of Law (J.D) 1996
- Admitted as an Attorney at Law in New York 1997
- Joined Clifford Chace as Partner 2023
Awards and citations
- "He is really good commercially and at understanding business points of view."
"His keen awareness of important commercial issues and his aptitude in pulling together proposed solutions to reach a reasonable business compromise are highly valued."
"His real talent is his commercial perspective - he is solution-oriented in order to get deals done."
Chambers USA: New York (2025)
- America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading insurance lawyer
Chambers USA: New York (2016-2024) - “Frank Monaco is the most responsive, thoughtful, knowledgeable reinsurance counsel I have dealt with in over 40 years in the reinsurance business. Very client focused, skilled
negotiator.”
Legal 500, 2022 - Recognized in Best Lawyers
Insurance Law (2021-2023) - Recognized as an Acritas Star, where clients recommend him for "business acumen" and his "knowledge base, responsiveness [and] practical approach to very complicated regulatory and transactional issues."
- Lexology Index: Insurance & Reinsurance (2024 - 2025)
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