Advisory Board

Aaron Slavens

Partner at Holland and Knight

Aaron T. Slavens is a corporate attorney who represents both public and private companies, including private equity funds and strategic investors. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including public and private acquisitions, dispositions, co-investments, joint ventures and other general corporate matters.In addition, Mr. Slavens represents both insureds and underwriters in connection with transactional risk products, including the issuance of representations and warranties insurance policies.

Navine Aggarwal

Global Head of M&A Insurance at Ethos

Navine Aggarwal is the Global Head of Ethos M&A Insurance which is an MGA that writes Representations & Warranties, Tax and Contingent policies. Prior to joining Ethos, Navine was the Head of Ironshore’s Americas M&A team where he was responsible for building the Americas platform and overseeing underwriting and production for the region. Navine also spent over three years in Allied World’s North American M&A insurance team. Navine’s experience prior to working in the insurance industry included practicing law in Ropes & Gray’s Private Equity M&A Group in New York and began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Macquarie, specializing in infrastructure. Navine earned Masters of Business Administration and Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from York University’s Schulich School of Business.

Peter K. Rosen, Esq.

Mediator & Arbitrator at JAMS

Peter serves as a mediator, arbitrator, special master and neutral evaluator at JAMS. Prior to joining JAMS, he enjoyed a prestigious legal career handling high-profile insurance matters covering a wide range of commercial issues and policies, including directors and officers (D&O) liability, general liability, property, cyber, employment, professional liability, construction, fidelity, environmental, representations and warranties insurance, and reinsurance. Mr. Rosen has significant experience handling disputes about the reasonableness of attorneys fees including rates and services performed. Mr. Rosen has deep expertise in handling coverage issues arising out of mass disasters. His role in the World Trade Center insurance coverage litigation gained him worldwide recognition. He received accolades from The Legal 500 and Chambers USA, which noted, “He is recognized for his ‘wealth of expertise’ and is described as ‘someone you would bring in as a big hitter.’”

Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Rosen has driven hundreds of matters to a mediated resolution and has been involved in numerous high-stakes domestic and international arbitrations.

Mr. Rosen is the author of leading texts on D&O liability and business interruption claims. He teaches insurance law at USC Gould School of Law and Pepperdine University School of Law. He has also taught corporate governance at USC Gould School of Law.

Sean J. Griffith

T.J. Maloney Chair in Business Law; Director, Fordham Corporate Law Center

Professor Griffith is an expert in corporate and securities law. He has taught at the University of Connecticut School of Law and at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Professor Griffith received his law degree magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics. Prior to entering academia, Professor Griffith worked as an associate in the corporate department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, focusing on public company mergers and acquisitions.

Andrew Cornell

Co-Founder and Director of TRIP

Andrew Cornell is a co-founder and director of business development for TRIP. Prior to taking on the role with TRIP, Andrew worked with Fox Business Network and CBS Sports Network where he oversaw the planning, organization, management, and news production. His experience in planning and organizing of media events helps TRIP fulfill its mission of empowering professionals in the transactional risk insurance industry, build a community, drive innovation, and educate to grow the greater market.