Financial Services Insurance Associate

About the role

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP seeks an Associate to join our insurance team as part of the Global Financial Services Practice Group. The position can be located in any of our U.S. Offices.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full range of the highest-quality legal services to insurance industry clients including as related to complex commercial and corporate transactions, responses to regulatory inquiries, regulatory reporting, and day-to-day regulatory compliance issues.
• Work on complex matters for sophisticated clients across the insurance industry.
• Gain hands-on experience advising clients on insurance regulatory filings and approvals, insurance holding company compliance, formation and licensure of insurers, and entry into new jurisdictions and markets.
• Counsels clients on the development of compliance programs, internal controls, risk mitigation strategies and day-to-day regulatory compliance.
• Analyze state and federal insurance laws, provide counsel related to financial reporting and oversight and day-to-day operational compliance.
• Respond to insurance department inquiries, assist with market conduct and financial examinations, and support clients in administrative proceedings.

Qualifications

• Possess a JD from an accredited law school and a strong academic record
• Admitted to practice law in the State Bar of the Associate's primary Office
• Three to five years' of relevant experience
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others on complex matters
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and sound judgement
• Increased client contact and demonstrate ability to perform independently with less supervision from senior attorneys
• Excellent client-relationship skills
• Motivated, organized, self-starter who is ready to assume responsibility on challenging matters with an intellectual curiosity and desire to grow and develop
• Flexibility, composure and the ability to prioritize and handle urgent tasks and requests simultaneously with a high level of competence and accuracy; the ability to remain composed and professional under stressful circumstances
• Strong technical drafting skills and experience with complex commercial transactions such as mergers, acquisition, joint ventures
• Experience drafting agreements, opinion letters, regulatory filings, policies and procedures, and other corporate documents
• Working knowledge of the laws applicable to the business of insurance
• Experience working with regulatory agencies having authority over the business of insurance
• Experience working for insurance companies or other enterprises involved in the business of insurance

Benefits

We offer a professional and friendly work environment with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, life, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits.