Reed Smith Advised Newfront Insurance on Completion of $1.3 Billion Sale to Willis Towers Watson

Reed Smith Advised Newfront Insurance on Completion of $1.3 Billion Sale to Willis Towers Watson

Global law firm Reed Smith advised Newfront Insurance, an insurance brokerage providing risk management, employee experience, and retirement solutions across more than 20 industries, in the completion of its sale to Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The deal is valued at up to $1.3 billion, including upfront and contingent consideration.

The completed transaction expands WTW’s presence in the U.S. middle market, strengthens its specialty offerings in sectors such as technology, fintech, and life sciences, and enhances its AI capabilities through Newfront’s proprietary technology platform.

Newfront adds a technology-enabled broking platform, supported by a growing producer base, proprietary client-facing tools, and advanced automation and agentic AI. It is now operating as part of WTW, with its Business Insurance and Total Rewards segments integrated into WTW’s Risk & Broking and Health, Wealth & Career divisions.

Reed Smith’s cross-practice team included corporate, technology, data privacy, antitrust, labor and employment, and tax attorneys across multiple offices.

The Reed Smith team was led by Herb Kozlov (Lawyer/ Corporate), Bob McCann (U.S. Vice Chair/ Global M&A Group), James Tandler (Chair/ Business& Finance Department), and Brad Schmarak (Global Co-Head/ Private Equity Group).

The other side of the team included Kristen Capriotti (Partner), Michelle Mantine (Partner/ Antitrust & Competition), Peter Emmi (Partner), Ian Sherwin (Partner), Tyler Thompson (Partner), Thao Ngo (Partner), Mark Goldstein (Partner) and Ari Byk (Partner).

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