Bond & Specialty Insurance - Associate Counsel

Travelers•Hartford, CT

About The Position

Bond & Specialty Insurance (BSI) provides management and professional liability insurance, cyber insurance, crime insurance, and surety bonds to or on behalf of businesses of all sizes. The attorneys within BSI Legal Services are responsible for providing a wide range of cost-effective, high quality legal services to our internal business partners, primarily with respect to transactional and regulatory matters. The Associate Counsel position handles lower complexity legal matters while also collaborating with more senior attorneys within BSI Legal Services on higher complexity legal matters.

Requirements

Juris Doctorate or equivalent International legal degree; graduate of an accredited law school.
Active license (in good standing) to practice law in the state(s) in which representation is required.
Prior legal experience.
Strong attention to detail.
Strong legal research and writing skills.
Strong ability to quickly grasp previously unfamiliar concepts.
Strong ability to manage multiple competing priorities while also managing client expectations.
Strong commitment to providing a consistently exceptional work product.

Responsibilities

Provide counsel to internal clients within the BSI business and support units on lower complexity legal issues.
Proactively work with internal business partners to understand their business objectives and help them achieve those objectives in a compliant manner while also helping them mitigate any associated legal risks.
Proactively identify legal risks impacting BSI and communicate those risks to Legal Services colleagues and internal business partners while also providing recommendations on how to mitigate such risks.
Negotiate contract terms with external clients and advise internal business partners on the potential impact of proposed contract terms.
Draft and/or prepare legal documents for execution.
Draft new surety bond forms or update existing surety bond forms in furtherance of current business objectives and current legal requirements.
Draft responses to external inquiries or requests.
Review and analyze proposed/enacted/adopted laws or regulations for potential BSI impact.
Conduct legal research related to issues impacting BSI and communicate research findings to Legal Services colleagues and BSI business partners in both verbal and written form.
Maintain awareness of external legal climate and legal developments.
Work on building strong internal relationships with our business partners and support those business partners in their efforts to build and maintain strong external client relationships.
Make effective use of technology (including AI tools) in the practice of law.
Perform other duties as assigned.