Assistant General Counsel, Transactions

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Global Atlantic Financial Group is a leader in the U.S. life insurance and annuity industry, serving the needs of individuals and institutions. Global Atlantic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR, a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management across multiple strategies and capital markets solutions. 

We are looking for a diverse team of talented individuals who reinforce our culture of collaboration and innovation. We are dedicated to the career development of our people because we know they are critical to our long-term success. Join our team and come grow with us. 

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The Assistant General Counsel, Institutional Markets Transactions will provide legal and strategic advice for Global Atlantic’s growing and dynamic transactional business that focuses on reinsurance and strategic transactions.  The Assistant General Counsel will work directly with the Institutional Markets business 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 block and flow reinsurance of annuity and life contracts, acquisitions and other strategic projects 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 insurance business teams 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 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 

Qualifications: 

• 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 complex transactions, which may include M&A activity
• Experience with international transactions a plus
• Experience with life/annuity reinsurance transactions a plus
• Familiarity with the Model Holding Company Act a plus
• Experience 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 

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