Transactions and Capital Raising Counsel

Position Overview

KKR is seeking a Transactions and Capital Raising Counsel, who will provide legal and strategic advice for KKR’s growing and dynamic insurance transactional and capital raising businesses. The Counsel, who will be based in New York, will work directly with the insurance business teams in New York and Bermuda, as well as colleagues throughout the Legal team and in other functional areas related to KKR’s insurance business, 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 and structure transactions, including drafting a wide range of transactions documents with third parties and supervising outside counsel.  Types of transactions include without limitation, strategic transactions and block and flow reinsurance of annuity and life contracts and pension liabilities;
• Lead and advise on negotiating, structuring and formation of multi-billion dollar third-party capital vehicles;
• Develop capital solutions and new fundraising products for the insurance business;
• Serve as strategic legal advisor on multi-billion dollar (re)insurance transactions, interacting directly and regularly with KKR’s industry-leading 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 KKR’s (re)insurance business; 
• Lead coordination of various functional areas in order to advise on and facilitate business initiatives related to insurance; 
• 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 third-party capital vehicles, joint ventures and/or M&A.
• Ability to interpret regulations, governance documents and regulatory filings.
• Experience independently, or leading a team, 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.
• Willingness to travel periodically to international locations for transaction negotiations.
• Experience with life/annuity reinsurance transactions a plus.
• Experience with pension risk transfer transactions a plus.
• Familiarity with the Model Holding Company Act a plus.

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Various jurisdictions have passed pay transparency laws that require companies provide salary ranges for any positions for which they are accepting applications. Global Atlantic has offices in Atlanta, Batesville, Bermuda, Boston, Des Moines, Hartford, Indianapolis, and New York City. The base salary range posted below is inclusive of the lowest cost of living geography to the highest in which we have a Global Atlantic office. 

Global Atlantic’s base salary range is determined through an analysis of similar positions in the external labor market. Base pay is just one component of Global Atlantic’s total compensation package for employees and at times we hire outside the boundaries of the salary range. Other rewards may include annual cash bonuses, long-term incentives (equity), generous benefits (including immediate vesting on employee contributions to a 401(k), as well as a company match on your contributions), and sales incentives.  Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Compensation for our more senior positions have a larger component of short-term cash bonus and long-term incentives. 

The base salary range for this role is $225,000 — $250,000 USD