Courtney L. Faust

Corporate Practice Associate

Atlanta
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Overview

As a member of the Insurance and Regulatory team, Courtney Faust focuses her practice on the formation, licensing, regulation and governance of companies in the insurance industry. This includes insurers, reinsurers, MGAs, administrators and other providers of insurance and financial services with a particular focus on captive insurance programs. Her experience includes drafting and reviewing all corporate documents, contracts and insurance policies and providing advice regarding all aspects of insurance industry regulatory compliance, including Department of Insurance inquiries and licensing issues.

Courtney has also recently expanded her practice to include mergers and acquisitions and corporate consolidations of companies in the insurance industry.

Prior to joining private practice, Courtney developed and led compliance initiatives and legal strategies for a leading provider and administrator of finance and insurance products in the automotive industry. She has specific experience with the formation, licensing and regulation of dealer-owned obligor companies as well as the drafting and regulation of service contracts, guaranteed asset protection waivers and motor vehicle protection products. She also held a variety of positions with the Georgia Department of Insurance, advising on regulatory issues that affected licensing, financial solvency of insurance entities and domiciled captive insurance companies. While at the Department, Courtney was appointed by the Commissioner to be the Director of the Captive Insurance Division and was instrumental in the establishment of Georgia as a captive domicile.

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  • Advised and represented clients regarding complex insurance, reinsurance and captive insurance matters.
  • Advised and represented clients on complex matters regarding service contracts, limited warranties, vehicle protection products and guaranteed asset protection waivers.
  • Advised and represented clients regarding general corporate matters, including entity formation, organization and related governance issues.
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Experience

  • Advised and represented clients regarding complex insurance, reinsurance and captive insurance matters.
  • Advised and represented clients on complex matters regarding service contracts, limited warranties, vehicle protection products and guaranteed asset protection waivers.
  • Advised and represented clients regarding general corporate matters, including entity formation, organization and related governance issues.
  • Represented sellers regarding various sales of insurance agencies in the aggregate amount of approximately $190,000,000.
  • Drafted and negotiated acquisition documents, including purchase agreements, disclosure schedules and ancillary documents, and led due diligence.

Recognitions and Memberships

Memberships

  • Georgia Captive Insurance Association (2019 to present)
    • Board of Directors
  • State Bar of Georgia

Prior Positions

  • APCO Holdings, LLC
    • Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs (2022)
    • Director of Regulatory Affairs (2018 to 2021)
  • Georgia Department of Insurance
    • Director - Agent Licensing Division (2017 to 2018)
    • Director - Limited-Risk Entities Division (2017 to 2018)
    • Director - Captive Insurance Division (2016 to 2018)
    • Legal Counsel to the Division of Insurance and Financial Oversight (2015 to 2016)
    • Senior Staff Attorney - Legal Division (2014 to 2015)
    • Staff Attorney - Legal Division (2011 to 2014)

Admissions

  • Georgia

Education

  • J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 2010
  • B.B.A., Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia, 2005, cum laude