August Breakfast - PHILIP THEODORE, VP Financial Services Division, McGriff, Seibels & Williams

Mr. Theodore practiced law as a transactional and corporate lawyer for more than 40 years. He practiced with King & Spalding in Atlanta from 1981 through 2003. After leaving King & Spalding, he served as the General Counsel of three well-known Atlanta public companies.

During his career, Mr. Theodore participated in scores of public and private M&A transactions, either as outside counsel or as the General Counsel of his company. His experience includes buy- and sell-side transactions for public and private companies in a wide variety of industries.

Since joining McGriff, Mr. Theodore has placed representations and warranties and tax-liability insurance for scores of transactions across a wide range of industry verticals. Among other things, Mr. Theodore was responsible for the assembly of a $300.0 million tower of representations and warranties insurance for a client’s $3.6 billion acquisition.