Assistant General Counsel – Reinsurance Investment Products
| Company | Global Atlantic Financial Group |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
| Salary | $235000 – $250000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | JD |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree (JD) and 6+ years of experience in the field of law, preferably including financial services/insurance or another regulated industry.
- Experience with third-party capital vehicles, joint ventures, M&A and/or reinsurance.
- Experience with life/annuity reinsurance transactions a plus.
- Experience with pension risk transfer transactions a plus.
- Familiarity with the Model Holding Company Act a plus.
- Ability to interpret regulations, governance documents and regulatory filings.
- Experience independently, or leading a team, negotiating complex transactions.
- Superior negotiation and drafting skills.
- Superior ability to manage competing priorities of a variety of fast-paced, dynamic transactions.
- Superior communication skills and ability to communicate complex topics succinctly to senior business and legal team members.
- Desire to become subject matter expert with respect to a variety of transactions.
- Superior judgment with ability to use independent judgment, think commercially, establish priorities, delegate, drive processes forward and work effectively on multiple initiatives concurrently.
- Ability to work with a geographically dispersed team.
- Capacity to consider, process and filter large amounts of complex information quickly and identify appropriate actions in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work across enterprise and present complex matters to senior business leaders.
- Strong communication skills, work ethic and high level of personal integrity and accountability.
- Willingness to travel periodically to international locations for transaction negotiations.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate transactions, including drafting a wide range of transactions documents with third parties and supervising outside counsel. Types of transactions include, without limitation, block and flow reinsurance of annuity and life contracts and pension liabilities and retrocessions to Bermuda reinsurers.
- Serve as strategic legal advisor on multi-billion dollar (re)insurance transactions, interacting directly and regularly with KKR’s industry-leading insurance business teams and legal colleagues, as well as members of the C-suite.
- Lead and advise on structuring of multi-billion dollar third-party capital vehicles.
- Develop capital solutions and new fundraising products for the insurance business.
- Serve as go-to advisor on regulatory matters (both U.S. and non-U.S.) affecting KKR’s (re)insurance business.
- Lead coordination of various functional areas in order to advise on and facilitate business initiatives related to (re)insurance.
- Collaborate and serve as legal lead on developing and implanting best practices of a growing organization.
- Lead evaluation of, and present to senior leadership on, novel matters and transactions.
- Build and maintain partnerships with internal stakeholders as well as contacts within the broader legal & and compliance community.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with life/annuity reinsurance transactions a plus.
- Experience with pension risk transfer transactions a plus.
- Familiarity with the Model Holding Company Act a plus.