Associate Legal Counsel

Overview

The Associate Legal Counsel is responsible for negotiating and drafting agreements between the organization’s entities and their trading partners. The role includes conducting legal research on contract terms and principles of contract interpretation, providing insights to business leaders to support resolution of various issues, and ensuring compliance with legal regulations and the organization’s market security protocols.

This position applies company policies and procedures to agreements with trading partners and collaborates with experienced team professionals. The role also focuses on developing expertise in open brokerage and binding authority agreements, including Delegated Underwriting Authority agreements with Lloyd’s of London.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and draft agreements, amendments, and other legal documents.
• Provide accurate and timely legal advice to executives on topics related to agreements between the organization’s entities and their trading partners.
• Ensure compliance with the organization’s market security protocols.
• Advise business units on contract terms.
• Research and evaluate risk factors related to business decisions and operations.
• Apply effective risk management techniques and proactively advise on potential legal issues.
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties.
• Handle complex matters involving multiple stakeholders.

Requirements

• Law degree with 2 years of related experience; or equivalent work experience.
• License to practice law in at least one state.

Compensation & Benefits

• Target salary range: $102,400.00 - $128,000.00 annually.
• The wage range is determined by factors including training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands, and may change over time.
• Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits.
• Benefits include paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, paid parental leave, and mental health services.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce. This policy extends to all aspects of employment practices including recruiting, hiring, discipline, termination, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Reasonable accommodations are provided to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law.

Additional Information

This job description is intended to describe general requirements and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Management may reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.