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Isaac Raskin Young is an attorney in our Corporate, Finance and Investments practice and concentrates primarily in insurance industry mergers and acquisitions, insurance-linked securities transactions and reinsurance and insurance law.  Isaac also assists on mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures  and general corporate and commercial matters across a range of other industries, including infrastructure, aerospace, software and real estate.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Isaac worked as a senior legal counsel at a global (re)insurance group, where he served as a primary transactional counsel on “side cars” and other alternative capital transactions and on divestments of (re)insurance carriers and producer entities. Isaac was praised by his business clients as being practical and as someone who “gets stuff done”.

Isaac also has extensive experience assisting Japanese clients.  He has worked in the legal department of the principal U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese general trading house as in-house counsel, where he supported its infrastructure, real estate and corporate venture capital businesses, as well as its information technology and corporate development functions.  He has also worked with Japanese clients in his role as an associate at an international law firm in its New York and Tokyo offices. 

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Isaac lived and worked in Japan for two years as a participant in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.  He also attended the Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies in Yokohama, Japan.

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Credentials

B.A., Brown University

Certificate, Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies, Stanford University

J.D., Cornell Law School, cum laude

New York

Japanese

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In the News · Source: Mergers & Acquisitions, citybiz, Data Centre Dynamics, The Deal and Pulse 2.0

December 10, 2025
K&S advises Argo Infrastructure Partners on increasing its stake in TierPoint by acquiring the equity interests of the majority of minority shareholders

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Matters

Represented special situations and structured credit fund in multiple investments into “fronting” sidecars sponsored by U.S. and European managing general agents. (2025)

Represented special situations and structured credit fund, in structuring and executing transaction in which a segregated cell sponsored by such fund assumed 75% of the risks reinsured by a start-up Bermuda (re)insurer founded by a group of veteran insurance industry executives. (2025)

Represented Argo Infrastructure Partners in its buyout of third-party equity holders in a company that owns and operates data centers. (2025)

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Represented special situations and structured credit fund in multiple investments into “fronting” sidecars sponsored by U.S. and European managing general agents. (2025)

Represented special situations and structured credit fund, in structuring and executing transaction in which a segregated cell sponsored by such fund assumed 75% of the risks reinsured by a start-up Bermuda (re)insurer founded by a group of veteran insurance industry executives. (2025)

Represented Argo Infrastructure Partners in its buyout of third-party equity holders in a company that owns and operates data centers. (2025)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a North American infrastructure private equity fund, in the sale of its equity stake in the Middletown Energy Center to ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a leading infrastructure fund. (2025)

Represented Guggenheim Capital Partners in the sale of its stake in Middletown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired electric generation facility, to Arclight Capital Partners, LLC. (2025)

Represented special situations and structured credit fund in its acquisition of a block of property casualty insurance policies and the right to manage up to $350 million of assets backing reserves from a global insurer.

Represented DESRI Asset Holdings, L.L.C., a global investment and technology investment firm, in the sale of its interest in three solar and solar/battery storage projects to a syndicate of family offices. (2025)

Represented T&D United Capital, the investment arm of one of the largest life insurance groups in Japan, in acquiring 25% of the partnership interests in a reinsurance “sidecar’ vehicle.

Represented global (re)insurance group in sponsoring multiple “sidecar” and insurance linked securities vehicles.

Represented global (re)insurance group in sale of PRC and Brazilian (re)insurance carriers and of interests in producers in India and in the US.

Represented Japanese trading house in investments into two joint ventures to build industrial properties in Texas.

Represented Japanese trading house in multiple minority investments into emerging companies in aerospace and software sectors.

Represented Japanese trading house in the establishment and financing of two core commercial real estate funds.

Represented Morguard in its acquisition of a LA-based multi-family residential property from CIM Group.

Represented American Pacific Corporation, a manufacturer of fine chemicals and specialty chemicals, in a going private transaction in which it was acquired by H.I.G. Capital, a private equity investment firm.

Represented Toshiba Tec in its acquisition of IBM’s point-of-sale solutions business.

Insights

Article · Source: Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today

June 13, 2025
Reinsurance sidecars: Structure, benefits and recent market developments

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News

In the News · Source: Mergers & Acquisitions, citybiz, Data Centre Dynamics, The Deal and Pulse 2.0

December 10, 2025
K&S advises Argo Infrastructure Partners on increasing its stake in TierPoint by acquiring the equity interests of the majority of minority shareholders

View all

Matters

Represented special situations and structured credit fund in multiple investments into “fronting” sidecars sponsored by U.S. and European managing general agents. (2025)

Represented special situations and structured credit fund, in structuring and executing transaction in which a segregated cell sponsored by such fund assumed 75% of the risks reinsured by a start-up Bermuda (re)insurer founded by a group of veteran insurance industry executives. (2025)

Represented Argo Infrastructure Partners in its buyout of third-party equity holders in a company that owns and operates data centers. (2025)

See more

Close

Matters

Represented special situations and structured credit fund in multiple investments into “fronting” sidecars sponsored by U.S. and European managing general agents. (2025)

Represented special situations and structured credit fund, in structuring and executing transaction in which a segregated cell sponsored by such fund assumed 75% of the risks reinsured by a start-up Bermuda (re)insurer founded by a group of veteran insurance industry executives. (2025)

Represented Argo Infrastructure Partners in its buyout of third-party equity holders in a company that owns and operates data centers. (2025)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a North American infrastructure private equity fund, in the sale of its equity stake in the Middletown Energy Center to ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a leading infrastructure fund. (2025)

Represented Guggenheim Capital Partners in the sale of its stake in Middletown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired electric generation facility, to Arclight Capital Partners, LLC. (2025)

Represented special situations and structured credit fund in its acquisition of a block of property casualty insurance policies and the right to manage up to $350 million of assets backing reserves from a global insurer.

Represented DESRI Asset Holdings, L.L.C., a global investment and technology investment firm, in the sale of its interest in three solar and solar/battery storage projects to a syndicate of family offices. (2025)

Represented T&D United Capital, the investment arm of one of the largest life insurance groups in Japan, in acquiring 25% of the partnership interests in a reinsurance “sidecar’ vehicle.

Represented global (re)insurance group in sponsoring multiple “sidecar” and insurance linked securities vehicles.

Represented global (re)insurance group in sale of PRC and Brazilian (re)insurance carriers and of interests in producers in India and in the US.

Represented Japanese trading house in investments into two joint ventures to build industrial properties in Texas.

Represented Japanese trading house in multiple minority investments into emerging companies in aerospace and software sectors.

Represented Japanese trading house in the establishment and financing of two core commercial real estate funds.

Represented Morguard in its acquisition of a LA-based multi-family residential property from CIM Group.

Represented American Pacific Corporation, a manufacturer of fine chemicals and specialty chemicals, in a going private transaction in which it was acquired by H.I.G. Capital, a private equity investment firm.

Represented Toshiba Tec in its acquisition of IBM’s point-of-sale solutions business.

Insights

Article · Source: Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today

June 13, 2025
Reinsurance sidecars: Structure, benefits and recent market developments

View all

News

In the News · Source: Mergers & Acquisitions, citybiz, Data Centre Dynamics, The Deal and Pulse 2.0

December 10, 2025
K&S advises Argo Infrastructure Partners on increasing its stake in TierPoint by acquiring the equity interests of the majority of minority shareholders

View all

Credentials

B.A., Brown University

Certificate, Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies, Stanford University

J.D., Cornell Law School, cum laude

New York

Japanese