Join United Risk as Corporate Counsel focusing on complex corporate and transactional matters within the insurance industry. Requires a Juris doctorate and active New York State Bar membership, with 3 years of experience.
United Risk is a global property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform with deep worldwide technical resources, large underwriting capacity, and an entrepreneurial spirit. A performance outlier for over three decades, United Risk is a magnet for top-tier talent and has become the global choice of top quartile insurance entrepreneurs.
Join United Risk’s dynamic legal team as Corporate Counsel, focusing on complex corporate and transactional matters within the insurance industry.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of recent professional experience (must satisfy one of the two pathways).
- Option A – Insurance‑Sector Counsel: corporate counsel at an MGA, reinsurer, or carrier with hands‑on multinational transactional work in the insurance industry.
- Option B – Big‑Firm Transactional Attorney: associate or senior associate at a top‑tier law firm specializing in multinational corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.
- Completed at least two consecutive years of service at each prior employer after law school graduation.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Original, active, and good‑standing membership in the New York State Bar.
- On‑site role at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY; expected in‑office at least three days per week.
Our Benefits Include:
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.
- 401(k) plan with 100% immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
- Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
- Life, disability, critical illness and accident insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for health, dependent care, and commuter-related expenses.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Fitness reimbursement and various additional quality-of-life benefits.
United Risk Global is an international property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform independently owned and operated by its practice partners and affiliated with Applied Underwriters operationally and through its common and powerful brand identity.
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