New York – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global finance firm, announced today that it represented various parties in connection with the acquisition of American National Group, Inc. by leading reinsurance business Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners Ltd. 

The team represented a group of Joint Lead Arrangers on the $1.5 Billion Term Loan financing in connection with the acquisition, which was completed in May 2022. The arrangers included The Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC Securities, BNP PARIBAS, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

The team also acted as counsel to joint book-runners BMO Capital Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the issuance of $500 million of 6.144% senior notes due 2032 by American National. The company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, together with cash on hand, to partially prepay borrowings under its term loan facility entered into in connection with the recent acquisition.

The team was led by Co-chair of the Finance practice John Cobb, with assistance from partner Kris Villarreal, and associates Matt Bartlett, Obediah Samuel, Max Roberts, and Ara Dungca.

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