Description:

An American Auto Insurance Company is looking for an experienced legal professional with background to support commercial transactions and provide legal guidance for An American Auto Insurance Company insurance distribution. Your role will be to support the business as it develops and executes novel and cutting-edge ways of distributing insurance. You'll do this by building a strong relationship with An American Auto Insurance Company sales and distribution teams to understand their goals and plans, then collaborating to provide legal advice on how they plan on achieving their objectives using language appropriate for smart businesspeople who don't have a legal background. As you see where your clients are headed, you'll also advise them on future risks and opportunities. When your clients need specialized legal expertise, you'll coordinate with your colleagues in the legal department who have specialized skills to make sure your clients get the support they need to excel.

Primary Responsibilities:

Under general supervision, understand all key business objectives and means of accomplishing them for distribution of insurance through third parties, ensuring compliance with applicable insurance regulations while driving toward business success
Serve as lead attorney for one of the distribution teams and anticipate future legal needs
Collaborate with the contracts team to manage the negotiation and drafting of relevant commercial agreements
Provide legal guidance on marketing materials related to third-party distribution of insurance and the specifics of how An American Auto Insurance Company products are sold
Coordinate support for assigned business units from other parts of the legal department
Use wide range of legal knowledge to issue and spot any implications of business choice that could interact with multiple legal subject areas such as privacy, insurance compliance, consumer-protection laws, intellectual property, and contractual obligations

Basic Qualifications:

Must have at least 8 years of experience at a law firm or in-house and preferably 6 years specifically legally advising on insurance, E-commerce, or sales of regulated products and on commercial agreements in the area of strategic partnerships
Must have a law degree and an active law license to practice in the United States of America
Strong listening and communication skills
Ability to quickly digest and understand business plans, processes, and procedures
Ability to provide legal advice with incomplete information
Superb judgement about legal and legal-adjacent risks as well as mitigation opportunities
Must be solution oriented
Must have demonstrated experience solving business problems and advancing business metrics

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience drafting and negotiating partner-type agreements
Proven success working on novel and emerging issues
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact effectively with both internal clients and external business partners
Ability to identify opportunities for enhancements or improvements and assist in implementation of creative solutions