Assistant General Counsel

7 days ago

Toronto, Canada PartnerRe Full time

**Company Description**
PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.

Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society. To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.

Core to The PartnerRe Experience is our global nature. No matter where you sit in the company, you are part of something bigger. Our teams represent our truly international mindset, forging connections across office locations and all levels of the organization and building a network of mutual success. The result is a day-to-day experience that will allow you to:
Shape your own career

Grow in a supportive environment

Connect with a community of experts

Make an impact

View The PartnerRe Experience e-book to find out more about what it’s like to work at PartnerRe.

**We are always looking for bright, proactive individuals to join our team**

**PartnerRe is an equal opportunities employer.**

Please join our company LinkedIn Page for all updates on new positions that are coming live.
**Job Description** About this job**:
We are looking to hire an Assistant General Counsel, North America to join our Legal & Compliance team in Toronto who will report to our Deputy General Counsel, Americas.

We are a global, diversified reinsurer with a local footprint who can step up to any challenge, while remaining small enough to be adaptive and responsive. Reinsurance is a relationship business, and we continually strive to live up to the promise of our name, PartnerRe. We are a centralized organization and bring a more personal approach to the marketplace with a distinctive balance of technical skills and client focus, expertise and partnership. We are a true global organization with a multicultural workforce.

In this business facing role you will be primarily providing legal advice and support to our North American (re)insurance businesses, assisting the Deputy General Counsel, Americas in day-to-day activities and delivering projects, liaising with regulators and clients in the United States and Canada to address regulatory and legal queries.

In more detail your responsibilities will be to:

- In consultation with appropriate Legal Department leadership, retain, oversee, and manage the work of outside counsel and ensure adherence to outside counsel guidelines and budget requirements
- Provide correct and timely assessment of legal and compliance issues and give customer focused and solution oriented legal advice, while retaining independence as legal adviser
- Identify, manage and mitigate legal, regulatory and reputational risks
- Provide assistance and support to the company and fellow legal team members on a wide range of regulatory matters, including cyber security and data protection
- Negotiate and assist in drafting of specialized life and health reinsurance agreements
- Provide legal research, counsel and support to non-legal managers and employees on various aspects of PartnerRe’s business
- Provide general corporate/commercial advice to the business on a variety of legal issues including HR and employment matters

**Qualifications** About you**:

- A Law degree (LLB, JD, or equivalent) from an accredited law school; and membership in good standing of any state within the United States; New York and Connecticut a plus
- Four or more years of experience at a law firm or in-house legal department. Ideally, you have prior client-facing experience with (re)insurance or financial institutions
- International, cross-jurisdictional experience and exposure is a plus
- Experience with cyber security, data protection and North American privacy regulation
- Prior experience with life and health (re)insurance products, including contract negotiation and regulation is a plus
- Good project management capabilities
- “Open to change” and “can do” attitude
- Fluent in English, other languages, ideally French or Spanish, are an asset
- Strong interpersonal skills and communication style
- Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
- Previously demonstrated ability to work well within a team, and to build strong relationships with colleagues
- A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected

**Additional Information**

PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to learn more about D&I at PartnerRe.

Thank you,

PartnerRe Hiring Team

  • Executive Assistant, General Counsel

    2 months ago

    Toronto, Canada George Brown College Full time

    **CLOSING**:Open until filled. *** **Land**_ _**Acknowledgement** - George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other._ **Equity...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    3 weeks ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    7 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    3 weeks ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada PartnerRe Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    4 weeks ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    3 weeks ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their...

  • Executive Assistant, General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada George Brown College Full time

    CLOSING:Open until filled.***Land_ _Acknowledgement George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other._Equity Statement_ _**GBC...

  • Senior Assistant General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world. Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to...

  • Senior Assistant General Counsel

    7 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada EightSix Network Inc Full time

    PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world. Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to...

  • General Counsel

    2 weeks ago

    Toronto, Canada Overbay Capital Partners Full time

    _Firm: _Overbay Capital Partners - Position: _General Counsel - Location: _Toronto, Canada - Job Type: _Full-time **About Overbay** Overbay is a Toronto-based private equity secondary fund and one of Canada’s fastest growing investment firms. Overbay invests globally in private equity by purchasing private equity funds from institutions that need...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada Air Canada Full time

    DescriptionBeing part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.Air Canada is looking for an Assistant General Counsel - Loyalty to join our team of professionals. This role has...

  • General Counsel

    2 months ago

    Toronto, Canada Procom Full time

    **General Counsel** **HCMWorks **is a diversity-certified, privately held company with a long history as a leader in providing external workforce and procurement solutions as a Managed Service Provider (MSP). We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented General Counsel to join our growing team. As our General Counsel, you'll be a strategic partner,...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada Atlas Technology Solutions Full time

    We believe in a world where growth thrives across borders and cultures. That's why our Founder and CEO Rick Hammell started Atlas, coining the term Employer of Record (EOR) simultaneously. As an EOR, Atlas employs people to work for companies anywhere in the world. Before we came along, the only businesses offering a similar solution were essentially...

  • General Counsel

    2 weeks ago

    Toronto, Canada OCS Full time

    About Us The Ontario Cannabis Store provides safe, responsible access to recreational cannabis for adults 19 and older. We operate the provincial online store for recreational cannabis in Ontario and are the exclusive provincial wholesaler to authorized private retail stores. Working at the OCS is a unique opportunity to be part of an agile start-up in a...

  • Assistant General Counsel

    4 weeks ago

    Toronto, Canada Air Canada Full time

    **Description** **Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.** Air Canada is looking for an Assistant General Counsel - Loyalty to join our team of professionals....

  • Assistant General Counsel

    2 months ago

    Toronto, Canada Royal Bank of Canada Full time

    **Come Work with Us!** At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose. Whether you’re helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work...

  • General Counsel

    21 hours ago

    Toronto, Canada R.V. Anderson Associates Limited Full time

    Your difference is the difference Do you love to develop and share great ideas? Do you believe your insights can drive people forward? Do you appreciate working with others and building on mutual successes? Perfect. We do, too. As an employee-owned company, we foster a culture where our people can thrive - and by thrive, we mean a place where you can share...

  • General Counsel

    6 days ago

    Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada Robert Walters Canada Full time

    We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced General Counsel to join our globally leading automotive client on a maternity contract months). As the General Counsel, you will play a critical role in advising the organization on various legal matters, ensuring compliance with appli