Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel at Gallagher summary:

Corporate Counsel for Gallagher providing US-focused commercial legal support, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating client, vendor, carrier and other commercial agreements. The role delivers day-to-day legal advice to business units, develops contract templates/playbooks, manages legal risk, and collaborates with legal, compliance, information security and operations teams. Requires a law degree, ~2–5 years contracts experience (insurance experience preferred) and strong stakeholder, negotiation and risk-management skills.

Welcome to Gallagher - a global community of people who bring bold ideas, deep expertise, and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. We help clients navigate complexity with confidence by empowering businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you’ll find more than a job; you’ll find a culture built on trust, driven by collaboration, and sustained by the belief that we’re better together. Whether you join us in a client-facing role or as part of our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and be part of something bigger. Experience a workplace where you’re encouraged to be yourself, supported to succeed, and inspired to keep learning. That’s what it means to live The Gallagher Way.

As Corporate Counsel, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the protection of Gallagher Global Brokerage (“GGB”), focusing primarily on the US business segment. You will be responsible for reviewing, negotiating and providing related legal counsel for contracts and other commercial matters.

You will collaborate with business, legal and compliance colleagues to ensure the delivery of Gallagher's commercial legal strategy within the established risk appetite. This involves adhering to company and regulatory requirements while meeting obligations specific to various customer, regulator, colleagues and stakeholders.

You will provide advice and support to the business to identify, articulate and guide them in the implementation and management of their legal risks in support of their business strategies.

• Provide day-to-day legal and business advice to select business units within GGB-US. Such day-to-day advice includes collaborating with senior leadership to develop or implement corporate strategies, policies and standards, address issues such as risk mitigation, and relationship management.
• Review, draft, negotiate and interpret a variety of agreements, including agreements with clients, insurance carriers, vendors and other agreements arising out of GGB-US’ operations.
• Ensure that all agreements accurately reflect GGB-US’ business objectives and comply with all laws and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with GGB-US management, other GGB-US legal representatives supporting the contract function, and the Gallagher corporate legal department on strategic initiatives affecting contracts and commercial issues.
• Provide ongoing and proactive strategic advice regarding contractual and business risks and counsel on contract interpretation and potential dispute issues.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of contract templates, playbooks and best practices.
• Provide advice and counsel on a variety of other legal matters that may arise out of GGB-US’ operations, including intellectual property, bankruptcy and privacy.
• Develop innovative approaches to legal issues in support of strategic business initiatives and objectives. Work with Gallagher legal representatives in analyzing the potential for contract automation and hybrid support structures. Recommend and implement enhancements and improvements to the system on an ongoing basis as appropriate.
• Provide administrative support as needed to maintain or establish legal processes.

Required:

• Law degree and 3 years related experience required.

Highly Preferred:

• 2-5 years practicing attorney in the contracts space.
• Experience in working independently to negotiate complex commercial agreements.
• Previous insurance experience preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• Experience and expertise in negotiating both buy-side and sell-side products and services agreements.
• Ability to identify, articulate, guide and assist stakeholders in the management of their contract risks and obligations to desired outcomes through stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in working closely with legal, compliance, information security, human resources, marketing and operations personnel in connection with specific contract negotiating matters.
• Ability to understand when to escalate complicated matters to senior management.
• Accomplished communicator with the ability and confidence to present issues and influence decisions at all levels within an organization with excellent analytical, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Detailed; problem solver; outcome focused; multi-tasker; and collaborative team player.
• Ability to organize and prioritize a large workload and effectively manage your time.

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We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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corporate counsel, commercial contracts, contract negotiation, insurance law, risk management, compliance, privacy, contract templates, legal counsel, playbooks