Corporate Legal Counsel Jobs in Michigan

Job Purpose

The Senior Attorney, Corporate Legal reports to the Vice President, Corporate Legal and is responsible for providing a wide range of legal support and advice to internal stakeholders on corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions; public company debt and capital markets transactions; share repurchase programs and strategy; capital return options and implementation; and hedging and derivatives related agreements. The Senior Attorney, Corporate Legal also provides general legal support for various special enterprise-wide projects involving corporate strategic and transactional matters. Key internal stakeholders include Corporate Development, Treasury, Finance, Institutional Products, Reinsurance, and Asset Liability Management.

Essential Responsibilities

• Advise internal stakeholders on the legal aspects, structuring, risks, and benefits of acquisitions, insurance block purchases and other reinsurance transactions, divestitures, joint ventures, and restructurings.
• Advise internal stakeholders regarding debt and capital markets transactions, including senior, subordinated, and hybrid debt arrangements; preferred stock issuances; and other related transactions.
• Advise internal stakeholders regarding options and implementation of methods to provide capital return to shareholders, including share repurchase strategies and dividend declarations.
• Support the negotiation and drafting of various types of transaction documents and financial agreements, including reinsurance agreements, asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, credit agreements, ISDAs, and other derivatives related agreements (MRAs, futures, custodial and master confirmation agreements).
• Coordinate with Jackson’s share transfer agent as necessary to implement dividend declarations, share purchases, and other stock-related matters.
• Provide legal support for the coordination of special enterprise-wide projects related to a wide variety of matters/issues, including strategic initiatives and transactional matters, due diligence, agreement negotiation, project management, and post-closing integration.

Other Duties

• Occasional business travel required.
• Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven negotiation skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors and colleagues, as well as internal and external contacts.
• Strong critical thinking and analysis skills with ability to provide alternative approaches and solutions.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong attention to detail, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to make decisions while operating in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate important legal concerns/principles to business units.
• Excellent research, analysis, and drafting skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to mentor junior staff.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from ABA accredited law school required.
• Member in good standing of a State Bar Association required.
• 5+ years of in-house or large law firm experience in mergers and acquisitions and/or capital markets transactional work required.
• Experience in financial services preferred.
• Experience in annuity/life insurance industry preferred.

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