Roy Locke

Roy Locke is a Senior Client Advisor, SVP, in the Transaction Liability Group of Marsh USA, Inc.  In his role as Senior Client Advisor, Mr. Locke assists private equity clients and their portfolio companies as well as strategic acquirers in procuring the best insurance solutions to manage transactional risk in M&A transactions. Prior to joining Marsh, Mr. Locke worked as a Senior M&A Underwriter at AIG insuring the representations and warranties of sellers (for the benefit of either Buyers or Sellers) in their respective M&A transactions. Mr. Locke also worked as an attorney at Goodwin Procter LLP in the firm’s Private Equity Group, where he advised various private equity funds on their portfolio company acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. Locke received his J.D. from New York Law School where he was an associate editor of the New York Law School Law Review and a Justice John Marshall Scholar. Mr. Locke graduated from Fordham University, College at Lincoln Center, where he received his Bachelors in Political Science. He has served as the General Counsel for the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (“MBBA”) and has previously held board positions on various non-profit organizations, including the MBBA, Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. (“PALS”) in New York and Youth Development Initiatives, Inc. (“YDI”) in Charlotte, NC.  Mr. Locke received an award for excellence for his services on the Board of YDI, a Charlotte, NC based non-profit organization devoted to working with at-risk youth in the areas of education and life skills.

Practice Areas:

M&A Insurance

Private Equity

General Business Law