Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary...

Description:

The Northwestern Mutual Law Department is seeking an experienced and agile investment attorney interested in joining a diverse, challenging, and fast-paced practice advising the Company on a wide range of issues as the Company works to transform how clients experience financial security.

What's the role:
This attorney will be a member of the Law Department's Institutional Investments Team and will support the Company's $350+ billion investment portfolio. Specifically, this attorney will provide legal advice on matters relating to the Company's institutional investment portfolio, which is comprised of a broad spectrum of public and private asset classes. As a member of the team, and working collaboratively with other team and Department members, this attorney's responsibilities will include some or all of the following:

• Being a trusted advisor helping investment professionals review and negotiate complex, multi-million dollar domestic and foreign investments including First Lien, Second Lien, Senior Unsecured, Unitranche, Mezzanine, HoldCo PIK, Preferred Equity, Common Equity, Structured and Project Finance, Private Credit, Limited Partnerships and/or Syndicated Bank Loans; and
• Providing legal support for a wide range of asset management activities for the Company's investment portfolio including amendments and waivers, restructurings, bankruptcies, realizations, and regulatory matters; and
• Advising the Company's leaders and investment professionals on important Company initiatives including M&A, capital markets transactions, investment fund formations, venture capital investments, joint ventures, management of third-party capital and other transactional matters.

Bring Your Best! Requirements for the role:

• Candidates should have five to 15 or more years of legal experience in one or more of the following areas: corporate finance, commercial lending, structured finance, private equity, private credit, securities offerings, fund formation, and private fund investment. Bankruptcy and restructuring or M&A experience will be a plus.
• To qualify, this candidate must be able to analyze a variety of legal issues, synthesize complex information, and provide solution-oriented legal advice to business professionals throughout the enterprise.
• A candidate must have an exemplary academic record and a Juris Doctorate degree; note that a license to practice law in the State of Wisconsin or a commitment to become licensed within the first year of employment is required.

Desired Personal Attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a highly analytical and curious mind, creativity, comfort dealing with ambiguity, integrity, high ethical standards, and a positive demeanor.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and contribute effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to work autonomously and to deal with multiple tasks at the same time.
• A keen problem-solving approach using sound legal reasoning and practical business judgment to identify and address risks and achieve results that balance benefits for all stakeholders of the enterprise.

Information About Northwestern Mutual and the Law Department:
Of the Northwestern Mutual Law Department's approximately 130 members, about 80 are lawyers, having come to Northwestern Mutual from all around the country after having graduated from a multitude of law schools and undergraduate institutions and having practiced in a wide variety of settings. The balance of the Department consists of highly skilled paralegals and research and administrative professionals who support significant aspects of the Department's operations. Our Law Department (in every aspect of its operations, including the Law Department Leadership Team, the Department's practicing lawyers and paralegals, and the Department's professional administrative staff) is inclusive and diverse, comprising a rich mixture of people who come from a wide variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds and includes people of color and those who are openly gay or lesbian.

The Northwestern Mutual Law Department provides the vast majority of legal services in nearly all disciplines directly to the Company, with only select utilization of outside counsel. There are nine main legal practice teams within the Law Department: Investment Products and Advisory Services; Digital and Enterprise Operations; Insurance Products and Operations; Corporate; Distribution; Litigation; Enterprise Governance; Institutional Investments; and Real Estate Investments. Members of the Law Department have the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of the Company's business needs, and we are fully engaged in the execution of the Company's business strategy. This allows us to provide the most timely and effective counsel in an efficient manner and leads to greater career satisfaction for our attorneys, paralegals, and professional administrative staff.

Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a holistic planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what is most important. With $378 billion in total assets, $38 billion in revenues, and nearly $2.4 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than 5 million people with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. The company manages more than $351 billion of investments owned by its clients and held or managed through its wealth management and investment services businesses. Northwestern Mutual ranks 109th on the 2025 FORTUNE 500 and is recognized by FORTUNE® as one of the "World's Most Admired" life insurance companies.

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Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$149,380.00

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