Senior Counsel, Reinsurance Transactions

The Senior Counsel, Transactions will provide legal and strategic advice for Global Atlantic’s growing and dynamic transactional business that focuses on reinsurance and strategic transactions.  The Senior Counsel will work directly with Global Atlantic’s deal team in New York and outside the U.S, as well as colleagues throughout the Legal team and in other Global Atlantic functional areas, to negotiate complex and novel transactions and provide advice and legal support for the day-to-day functioning of a growing, dynamic and industry-leading business. 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Negotiate transactions, including drafting a wide range of transactions documents and supervising outside counsel, between Global Atlantic and third-party insurance companies. Types of transactions may include acquisitions and other strategic projects, block and flow reinsurance of annuity and life contracts, and retrocessions to Global Atlantic’s Bermuda affiliated reinsurers.
• Serve as strategic legal advisor on complex international transactions.
• Serve as strategic legal advisor on multibillion dollar(re)insurance transactions.
• Interact directly and regularly with Global Atlantic's industry-leading Institutional Markets deal team and legal colleagues, as well as members of the C-suite.
• Serve as go-to advisor on regulatory matters (both U.S. and non-U.S.) affecting Global Atlantic’s Institutional Markets business.
• Lead coordination of various Global Atlantic functional areas in order to advise on and facilitate business initiatives.
• Collaborate and serve as legal lead on developing and implementing 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.

Qualifications: 

• Juris Doctor degree (JD) required and 5+ years of experience in the field of law, preferably including financial services/insurance or another regulated industry.
• Experience negotiating complex transactions, which may include M&A activity.
• Experience with international transactions a plus.
• Experience with life/annuity reinsurance transactions a plus.
• 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.

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