Overview
A leading insurance organization is seeking a Senior Reinsurance Counsel to join its Reinsurance Legal Team. This role involves serving as the primary lead on complex ceded and assumed reinsurance matters, providing expert transactional and dispute advice, and collaborating closely with actuarial, finance, and business stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead counsel on domestic and international reinsurance matters, including drafting, reviewing, analyzing, interpreting, advising on, and negotiating ceded and assumed reinsurance contracts (treaty and facultative), commutations, adverse development covers, contract amendments, and collateral arrangements.
- Provide legal support on transactional matters such as insurance-linked securities (ILS), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and other corporate transactions, including due diligence, deal structuring, documentation review, and negotiation.
- Assist with and oversee reinsurance disputes, arbitrations, collections, and audits; engage and manage outside counsel as appropriate.
- Represent and advise the organization on reinsurance components of strategically important legal and business transactions involving complex or novel issues.
- Conduct and direct comprehensive legal research on reinsurance and related accounting, regulatory, and corporate governance issues.
- Coordinate the organization’s position in response to changes in law; represent the organization before legislative, regulatory, and administrative bodies as needed.
- Provide technical guidance and ad hoc mentorship to junior staff (without formal people-management responsibilities).
- Maintain current knowledge of legal developments in reinsurance and related areas; perform other duties as required by the practice group.
Requirements
- J.D. or L.L.B. degree and admission to the bar of at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Minimum of 8–10 years’ experience as a practicing attorney, with substantial and demonstrable experience in reinsurance transactional matters.
- Expert knowledge of reinsurance law and demonstrated ability to handle highly complex legal assignments with minimal supervision.
- Excellent analytical skills, legal writing, and oral communication.
- Strong client focus and proven ability to interact effectively with internal stakeholders, business leaders, outside counsel, and counterparties.
- Proven business judgment and ability to provide technical leadership on complex matters; experience mentoring junior attorneys preferred.
- Familiarity with corporate and insurance business operations and objectives.
Compensation & Benefits
- Typical starting salary range: $179,000 - $209,000.
- Compensation is influenced by skills, experience, education, certifications, and location.
- Opportunities for progression and potential commission and/or bonus earnings based on role-specific compensation plans.
- Comprehensive benefits supporting life and well-being.
Location
Not specified.
Equal Opportunity
The employer is an equal opportunity organization and does not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law.