Associate Counsel

Join our growing team of dedicated professionals at Gallagher Bassett, who guide those in need to the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing. You'll be part of a resilient team that works together to redefine the boundaries of excellence. At our organization, we value collaboration and making a positive impact in the lives of our clients and claimants, offering you the opportunity to join a team where your skills and dedication can truly make a difference. GUIDE. GUARD. GO BEYOND.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview

Reporting to GB’s Senior Counsel – Contracts, this role seeks a hardworking commercial generalist with strong organizational skills, sharp negotiation abilities, and good business sense. It supports GB’s contract function and manages other commercial matters.

How you'll make an impact

• Actively participate in improving GB’s contracting function, involving its customer service center, external contractors, and internal employees.
• Manage transactional issues in GB operations by reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and interpreting a range of complex agreements, such as client and insurance carrier service agreements, vendor services agreements (including IT and other professional services), consulting services agreements, and more. The focus will be on GB's templates for non-form or non-standard agreements.
• Offer continuous and forward-thinking strategic guidance concerning contractual and business risks, along with advising on contract interpretation and potential dispute matters.
• Act as an business and legal collaborator through technical expertise, strong business acumen, and adept relationship-building across the organization. Successfully communicate with leadership at every tier.
• Ensure that all agreements accurately reflect GB’s business objectives and align with all laws and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of business operations and objectives to assess risk and bring together cross-functional teams to ensure business alignment.
• Work closely with management, other GB legal representatives, and the Gallagher corporate legal department on pivotal initiatives commercial and legal issues. Collaborate and work in a team environment with other Gallagher legal representatives in analyzing and implementing various projects, including improvements on data metrics and reporting and automation.
• Identify and offer proactive guidance and support on a variety of other legal issues that may surface, such as IP, bankruptcy, and regulatory matters.

About You

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and license to practice law under the Bar of any state that enables admission to practice as in-house counsel in Illinois.
• At least 3 years’ relevant experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, preferably in both a corporate and law firm setting. Demonstrated ability or a strong desire to learn how to handle both internal and external client calls on complicated issues.
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter with an emphasis on relationship building in a high-volume environment.
• Experience with global business transactions is desired as is familiarity with substantive issues relating to providing business to business professional services.
• Proven ability to effectively work within a cross-functional team and drive sophisticated global transactions and initiatives to completion in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial setting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes and manage increasing transactional complexity through strong interpersonal skills, professional presence, and high-quality client counseling.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to inspire trust and confidence with stakeholders at all levels by virtue of keen business acumen, professional competence, integrity, and personal style.
• Ability to handle sensitive situations tactfully yet firmly, to be assertive without being adversarial and to take unpopular positions when necessary while maintaining trust and credibility.
• Advanced critical thinking and analytical ability, and the ability to understand and integrate details of the business to ensure new and existing business relationships are workable across functions.
• A dedication and commitment to practicing law in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

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Compensation and benefits

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...

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.