Managing Counsel, Collateral & Investments

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

Overview

The Managing Counsel, Collateral & Investments will:

• Work independently to provide experienced legal advice specializing in collateral management and private investment transactions, including advising on structuring collateral arrangements and reviewing, drafting and negotiating private investment transactions, investment management agreements, secured transaction documents, and collateral agreements.

• Provide an experienced level of timely, high-quality legal advice and assistance to other RGA attorneys and business clients with an emphasis on investment operations and collateral structures.

• Demonstrate a commitment to being a trusted strategic partner to reinsurance counsel, investment teams, business units, and senior management with a responsive, service-oriented attitude and strong work ethic.

Location: ideally based at RGA's HQs in St. Louis, MO, or for an exceptional candidate a fully remote work arrangement may be considered, or also based in RGA's newly opened New York City office.

What you will do

• Collaborate and communicate with other members of the RGA reinsurance legal team and business clients, including reinsurance, investments and treasury teams, to perform highly complex assignments and projects.

• Provide seasoned, deeply experienced level of timely, high quality legal advice and support in the structuring of collateral arrangements; review, negotiate and document secured transactions, including trust agreements, collateral documents, security agreements, and UCC filings and related documentation; and providing pro-active guidance on contractual and regulatory compliance.

• Negotiate, review and prepare documentation for fund investments and a variety of other alternative asset investments, including to ensure compliance with applicable collateral requirements and to navigate complex partnership tax implications and securities law and ERISA compliance matters; provide legal support to investment teams in alternative asset structuring and risk assessment; assist on due diligence reviews; and advise on legal and regulatory matters affecting collateral management and investment activities.

• Review, draft, and negotiate complex investment management and other related agreements, together with ensuring compliance with all applicable insurance and securities laws; provide other strategic legal counsel to investments team on related matters.

• Provide advice and assistance to the reinsurance legal and business teams as needed in structuring, negotiating and documenting complex reinsurance transactions.

• Serve clients and provide legal services and advice at a level commensurate to a partner in a law firm.

• Collaborate on other projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Law degree from a United States accredited law school

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Business, finance or accounting degree or equivalent experience: working knowledge of concepts, terminology and practices

• 10+ Years experience as an attorney in a law firm or in a corporate legal function

• Expert-level experience with complex transactions involving fund formation or other alternative assets is a preferred asset

• Deep experience, expertise and knowledge of legal and contract terminology and methods, and business and financial knowledge

• Highly experienced ability and expertise to identify and interpret business and contract issues

• Experienced and demonstrated ability to interact and work collaboratively and constructively with people at various levels within and outside the organization

• Experience in a global business enterprise with re/insurance, investment management or other financial services operations is a preferred asset

• Deep and broad expertise in legal profession, with significant specialized knowledge of U.S. laws and regulations

• Highly experienced client counseling skills in translating business needs and problems into viable and accepted solutions

• Highly experienced client service and interpersonal skills, with continual focus and dedication to high level of clien