Assistant General Counsel

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About this job:

We are looking to hire an Assistant General Counsel, North America to join our Legal & Compliance team in Toronto who will report to our Deputy General Counsel, Americas.

We are a global, diversified reinsurer with a local footprint who can step up to any challenge, while remaining small enough to be adaptive and responsive. Reinsurance is a relationship business, and we continually strive to live up to the promise of our name, PartnerRe. We are a centralized organization and bring a more personal approach to the marketplace with a distinctive balance of technical skills and client focus, expertise and partnership. We are a true global organization with a multicultural workforce.

In this business facing role you will be primarily providing legal advice and support to our North American (re)insurance businesses, assisting the Deputy General Counsel, Americas in day-to-day activities and delivering projects, liaising with regulators and clients in the United States and Canada to address regulatory and legal queries.

In more detail your responsibilities will be to:

• In consultation with appropriate Legal Department leadership, retain, oversee, and manage the work of outside counsel and ensure adherence to outside counsel guidelines and budget requirements
• Provide correct and timely assessment of legal and compliance issues and give customer focused and solution oriented legal advice, while retaining independence as legal adviser
• Identify, manage and mitigate legal, regulatory and reputational risks
• Provide assistance and support to the company and fellow legal team members on a wide range of regulatory matters, including cyber security and data protection
• Negotiate and assist in drafting of specialized life and health reinsurance agreements
• Provide legal research, counsel and support to non-legal managers and employees on various aspects of PartnerRe’s business
• Provide general corporate/commercial advice to the business on a variety of legal issues including HR and employment matters
  
  

About you:

We are looking for a technically strong candidate, who enjoys collaborating with internal and external partners, and seeks a challenging new job in a fast-paced environment. As an ideal candidate you possess the following experience, skills and mindset:

• A Law degree and license to practice law within Canada. A license to practice in any state within the United (and preferably New York and/or Connecticut) is also a plus
• Four or more years of experience at a law firm or in-house legal department. Ideally, you have prior client-facing experience with (re)insurance or financial institutions
• International, cross-jurisdictional experience and exposure is a plus
• Experience with cyber security, data protection and North American privacy regulation
• Prior experience with life and health (re)insurance products, including contract negotiation and regulation is a plus
• Good project management capabilities
• Open to change” and “can do” attitude
• Fluent in English, other languages, ideally French or Spanish, are an asset
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication style
• Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Previously demonstrated ability to work well within a team, and to build strong relationships with colleagues
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
• Knowledge of Canadian (re)insurance laws and regulations is preferable
  
  

PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to learn more about D&I at PartnerRe.

Thank you,

PartnerRe Hiring Team