Counsel

Marsh McLennan•New York, NY

1d•$110,100 - $220,100•Hybrid

About The Position

Marsh's Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs (LCPA) department promotes a culture in which ethical, lawful, and risk mindful behavior is encouraged and reinforced. We are looking for a commercially oriented in-house counsel to support the corporate legal needs of its Guy Carpenter businesses. The position will report to the Chief Counsel for North America, who is based at the Company’s headquarters in New York. This is a hybrid role with a requirement of working three days in the office per week.

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of working experience in a law firm and/or in-house corporate legal department, including providing client advice and transactional support and working with client service agreements and technology contracts.
Admitted to the bar in New York or in the location where the position will be based.
Ability to be a creative problem solver and to support a diverse range of commercial initiatives.
Excellent judgment, excellent communication and negotiating skills, financial acumen, project management skills, and a willingness and ability to work as a part of a team.
Ability to effectively communicate with business colleagues and exercise sound legal and commercial judgment in providing advice and determining when to escalate issues.
Keen attention to detail, excellent analytical ability, and discretion with confidential information.
Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, to handle multiple priorities, to prioritize assignments and to work efficiently.

Nice To Haves

Clear and concise oral and written communication skills
Top-notch organization skills and the ability to analyze and refine business processes and workflows
Excellent responsivity to team and to business colleagues
Professional growth-oriented mindset evidenced by a desire to learn and improve continuously

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to various levels of Company management on a broad range of Guy Carpenter’s reinsurance brokerage and risk advisory businesses in the US and Canada.
Handle the drafting, review and negotiation of a wide range of contracts, including domestic and global client services agreements, RFPs with prospective clients, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, vendor agreements and technology contracts.
Support the business in developing, drafting and negotiating strategic alliance agreements, joint marketing agreements and referral agreements with third parties, including in the reinsurance, cyber and technology space.
Provide advice and counsel to the Company’s innovation initiatives as the business seeks to develop new products and solutions.