Ai Tajima

Ai Tajima is a partner in Goodwin’s Risk Management & Insurance practice and leads the transactional insurance advisory practice, focusing on the use of R&W, W&I, and other risk-transfer tools in connections with various transactions and claims. She is a leading practitioner of transactional insurance and advises on complex transactions for multinational clients across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Ai is a frequent contributor on insurance topics and collaborates with brokers and underwriters. Her articles and speaking engagements include: cross-border transactional risk insurance (US vs. Europe), developments in W&I insurance in Asia, tailoring diligence plan to secure R&W insurance in manufacturing deals, R&W insurance market trends for secondary transactions, U.S. caselaw related to R&W insurance, and building an effective D&O insurance program.  

Her recent experience includes:

• Advising US private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in acquisitions using R&W insurance
• Advising a European private equity sponsor seeking R&W insurance in connection with a take-private transaction of a global business
• Advising an Asian corporation with negotiation of W&I insurance in Europe in a cross-border transaction
• Advising on R&W insurance matters for GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions
• Advising on insurance issues between buyers and sellers in carveout transactions
• Securing and structuring bespoke insurance solution for complex one-off issues
• Advising on insurance claims under transactional risk, management liability and general liability policies

Ai was the recipient of the Suffolk University Law Faculty Outstanding Student Award-Evening Division at graduation. During law school, Ai received Jurisprudence Awards for Constitutional Law, Commercial Law Sales, Criminal Law, and Professional Responsibility.

She was also a member of the Moot Court Board and the Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, and participated in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Speaking Engagements and Publications

Ai is a writer and frequent speaker at industry events focused on transactional insurance and has spoken on the topic of market trends, best practices, policy exclusions, healthcare deals, and claims, among others, including:

• Speaker, “Secondary Transactions – Market Trends,” 8th Annual Reps & Warranties & Transactional Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, May 1, 2024
• Speaker, “Case Law Relevant to R&W Insurance Recovery,” 7th Annual Reps & Warranties and Transactional Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, May 2023
• Speaker, “Reps and Warranties Insurance Claims Recovery: Demonstrating Coverage, Overcoming Common and Uncommon Denials,” Strafford Publications Webinar, April 2023
• Co-Author, “R&W Insurance Coverage for Healthcare Services Transactions,” March 2023
• Speaker, “Case Law Relevant to R&W Insurance Recovery,” 6th Annual Reps & Warranties and Transactional Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, May 2022
• Speaker, “Claims in a Maturing Market,” 2022 PLUS Transactional Risk Symposium, February 2022
• Speaker, “R&W Insurance - Latest Trends,” Boston Bar Association Webinar, February 2022
• Speaker, “Deal With Me: Transaction Insurance Leaders Chat featuring Ai Tajima and Ashley Parsa,” Professional Liability Underwriting Society Podcast, January 2022
• Speaker, “Reps and Warranties Insurance Claims Recovery,” Strafford Webinars, October 2021
• Speaker, “Case Law Relevant to R&W Insurance Recovery,” 5th Annual Reps & Warranties and Transactional Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, May 2021
• Speaker, “Reps & Warranties – COVID-19 and Beyond,” ACG Los Angeles, April 2020
• Speaker, “Transactional Coverage: Policyholders’ Expectations,” 4th Annual Reps & Warranties & Transactional Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, May 2019
• Speaker, “Reps & Warranties: Trends & Challenges on the Immediate Horizon,” PLUS 2018 Conference, November 2018
• Speaker, “Healthcare Transactions: Insurance Solutions for Private Equity Buyers and Sellers,” M&A, RWI and Transactional Risk Insurance, October 2018
• Speaker, “Exclusions: Standard Exclusions in the Policy Form As Well As Policy Exclusions That Are Industry-Specific and/or Underwriting Driven,” 3rd Annual Reps & Warranties & Transactional Liability Insurance ExecuSummit, May 2018
• Co-Author, “Building a Better D&O Insurance Program,” Corporate Secretary, 2016
• Co-Author, “Investment Management: Law and Practice,” Oxford University Press, 2010