Assistant General Counsel- M&A Law

Overview

Talcott is seeking a senior transactional attorney to serve as a legal partner on the company’s M&A, block and flow reinsurance, and strategic capital initiatives across its U.S., Bermuda, Cayman, Japan life and annuity platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of term sheets, transaction agreements, specifically coinsurance, modco, and funds-withheld reinsurance treaties, retrocession agreements, trust and security/collateral arrangements, administrative services agreements, transition services agreements, and ancillary deal documentation.
• Serve as primary legal point of contact on assigned transactions — managing deal execution end-to-end across structuring, due diligence, regulatory analysis, negotiation, closing, and post-closing integration.
• Advise on Insurance Holding Company Act (Form A) matters, Credit for Reinsurance requirements, affiliate transaction approvals, and other state regulatory matters.
• Manage outside counsel, financial advisors, accountants, and actuarial consultants — driving quality, efficiency, budget discipline, and accountability.
• Monitor and synthesize developments in NAIC working groups, state insurance law, Bermuda Monetary Authority rulemaking, and federal tax/securities regimes affecting (re)insurance M&A, and brief senior leadership on impact.
• Support ongoing contractual administration of reinsurance arrangements post-close amendments, recaptures, commutations, novations, disputes and audits.
• Partner with Corporate Development, Actuarial, Investments, Finance, Tax, Risk, and senior executives — translating legal risk into business terms and offering practical paths.
• Support scalable playbooks, precedent libraries, and operating procedures for the M&A and reinsurance legal function as the platform grows.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school; active member in good standing of at least one U.S. bar
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant transactional experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house at a major life/annuity (re)insurer, with meaningful exposure to insurance M&A and/or reinsurance
• Direct experience with reinsurance is required for this position
• Experience supporting a sidecar, third-party capital vehicle, or strategic reinsurance platform is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to lead-negotiate complex purchase agreements and reinsurance treaties within the life and annuity space from term sheet to close, including coinsurance, modco, funds-withheld, and combination structures
• Strong knowledge of issues related to risk transfer, recapture triggers, collateral and trust mechanics and certified and reciprocal jurisdiction reinsurer regimes
• Excellent client management skills, able to serve as a partner to the business to help form and execute strategic projects
• Sound ethical and legal judgment with the capacity to effectively negotiate with business partners
• Able to work independently and/or collaborate with cross-functional team members outside
• Demonstrated business savvy with a strategic focus for problem solving
• Effective communicator with outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills
• A self-starter with strong organizational and project management skills