Transactions Lawyer, Securities Lawyer, Lawyer, Corporate Lawyer, Reinsurance Lawyer, Insurance Lawyer
Assistant Vice President, Associate General Counsel - Transactions, Reinsurance
The position works closely with the Chief Legal Officer in providing sound, timely and business savvy legal counsel to senior management on corporate, transactional and contentious and pre-contentious matters affecting the company. The AVP, Associate General Counsel is responsible for assuring robust corporate governance, the negotiation of significant agreements, and the monitoring and communication of significant legal developments affecting the Company. This senior counselor is a proven leader who is also responsible for the effective and empowering management of the corporate legal team and the management and monitoring of outside counsel.
Responsibilities
- Provide sound, timely and business savvy legal counsel to senior management on legal, transactional, and contentious matters affecting the company
- Act as lead counsel and project manager on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and dispositions
- Supervise and reach favorable resolution on contentious and pre-contentious matters involving corporate, distribution, and reinsurance issues
- Negotiate significant agreements, including distribution agreements, reinsurance and retrocession policy wordings and information technology arrangements
- Provide pro-active and preventative counselling to reduce exposure to litigation and other legal risks
- Assure robust corporate governance including the establishment and monitoring of Board Committee charters and the organization of Board and Committee meetings, compliance with the state governance requirements, and the establishment and organization of operating
- Act as Assistant Corporate Secretary to the Board
- Manage and develop corporate legal team
- Develop, implement and embed compliance and ethics policies
- Effectively manage outside counsel expenditure through advantageous and alternative fee arrangements
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments; communicate relevant law changes and counsel management regarding changes
- Provide opinions and prepare position papers on various legal issues and interpretation of contractual provisions.
Qualifications
- 10-15 years of broad legal experience (preferably a blend of law firm and corporate in-house) working on increasingly more complex legal, transactional and governance matters.
- Broad and in-depth understanding of commercial Property & Casualty business, as well as knowledge of the insurance business generally
- Well-honed negotiation, consultative and facilitation skills with the ability to effectively and appropriately interact with internal and external business partners.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation and presentation skills
- Multiple years of experience in effective and empowering management of teams
- Ability to exercise independent judgment, and to work with and maintain confidential and sensitive information, while also working effectively within a team and collaborating with other attorneys in group
- Securities law expertise a plus
- Solutions oriented with strong project management and collaborative skills with colleagues and clients; ability to lead and facilitate projects including multidisciplinary meetings and to resolve and close matters on a timely basis.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with senior level competency in managing ambiguous situations and issues.
- Proven ability to take a proactive long-term view of business goals and objectives in order to achieve strategic business results.
- Ability to develop and maintain "trusted advisor" relationships with internal clients, as well as the Board and shareholders
- Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative and energetic style
- Bachelor's degree with JD, and admission to the bar of at least one
If interested, please apply for a confidential call today!
