General Counsel
Role Overview
The General Counsel (“GC”) serves as the Company's senior legal executive and strategic advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Board of Managers, and executive leadership team.
The GC is responsible for leading all legal, regulatory, compliance, governance, risk management, litigation, and transactional matters across the organization and its subsidiaries.
The GC provides practical, business-oriented legal guidance that enables growth while protecting the Company's assets, reputation, and long-term strategic objectives.
This position oversees the Legal Department and manages outside counsel, supporting all areas of the business, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, contracts, data privacy and security, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.
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Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Education
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Active license and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Experience
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant legal experience.
- Significant in-house legal leadership experience, preferably as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or senior law firm partner.
- Experience overseeing mergers and acquisitions, litigation, employment law matters, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions.
- Experience leading and developing legal teams.
- Insurance industry experience required.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Exceptional business judgment and strategic thinking.
- Proactive and hands-on approach.
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Superior legal research, drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
- Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and project management abilities.
- High ethical standards, integrity, and professionalism.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Other Requirements:
- This position may require occasional travel to corporate offices, corporate events, board meetings, regulatory proceedings, industry conferences, and acquisition-related activities.
- Promoting Peace of Mind for All
- At Liberty, we take great care to promote peace of mind for all. We create a safe space to find your Joy of Being as your most authentic self. Being uniquely YOU, with your unique experiences and ideas, we will continue to strengthen our company as we grow together.
- HABU has nothing to do with age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, or ethnicity. We pursue people who value: Integrity, excellence, caring, kindness, fairness, teamwork, good feelings, and fun! Liberty empowers our team with tools and knowledge to support the purposeful spread of positive energy, kindness, and good feelings with others.
- We recognize that our industry has more work to do in advancing diversity and inclusion. Our dream is to become the north star others can look to for direction as we advance together.
- *Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records WILL be considered for employment. For positions in our organization that require a state insurance license to perform the duties described herein, applicants must meet the state licensing requirements as required by the applicable DOI, must not have been disqualified or barred from licensure, and must not have been prohibited from conducting the business of insurance under Title 18 U.S. Code, §§1033 and 1034 to qualify for that role
About The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
Family-owned independent insurance brokerage serving businesses, nonprofits, individuals, and agency partners nationwide.
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