General Counsel
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Job Location:
Malvern, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About The Institutes
Located in beautiful Malvern Pennsylvania The Institutes are a not-for-profit comprised of diverse affiliates that educate elevate and connect people in the essential disciplines of risk management and insurance. Through products and services offered by our nearly 20 affiliated business units people and organizations are empowered to help those in need with a focus on understanding predicting and preventing losses to create a more resilient world.
Additionally we understand the importance of work-life balancein 2025 named us a Top Workplace for the tenth year and USA Today named us a USA Top Workplace for the third year. We provide excellent benefits and a friendly team-focused work environment to drive employee engagement.
General Counsel
The General Counsel position is responsible for providing strategic legal counsel and advice to the CEO Senior Management Team (SMT) and others to ensure sound governance mitigate risk and enable the enterprises growth and impact. The General Counsel sets and appropriately adjusts the legal strategy for the effective operation of the business. This role oversees all legal matters including but not limited to contracts mergers and acquisitions employment law corporate governance antitrust intellectual property and litigation.
What Youll Do:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the SMT on organizational strategy and risk and compliance anticipating legal issues and providing proactive business-oriented solutions.
- Manage relationships with external counsel to ensure quality cost effective legal services.
- Draft review and negotiate a wide variety of contracts including vendor partnership and service agreements developing and maintaining standard templates and policies as well as ensuring terms protect The Institutes interests and comply with applicable laws.
- Participate in legal due diligence negotiation and documentation for mergers acquisitions partnerships and joint ventures advising on deal structure regulatory compliance and post transaction integration. Work closely with internal teams to assess risk and align transactions with organizational goals.
- Provide effective responsive and strategic legal advice and counsel to management and employees in the areas of intellectual property antitrust corporate governance legal compliance and other legal matters related to the enterprise.
- Partner with Human Resources department on employment related issues including performance issues terminations and compliance with federal state and local laws.
- Manage litigation on behalf of the organization and partner with outside counsel when applicable.
- Identify and proactively mitigate any potential legal concerns when possible. The GC will be empowered to make and implement sounds decisions to protect the company from legal liability in collaboration with the CEO.
- Assume additional responsibilities as assigned.
What Were Looking For:
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree required from an accredited law school.
- At least 10 years of progressive legal experience preferably with experience in an in-house counsel role.
- Attorney in good standing with the PA bar.
- Not-for-profit experience preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Key Competencies
- Strategic Acumen
- Legal Expertise and Focus
- Collaboration and Team Oriented
- Ethics Integrity and Judgment
- Communication and Relationship Management
- Leadership and Influence
- Vendor Management
Special Working Conditions and Physical Demands
- Occasional travel may be required.
- Non-traditional Institutes work hours may be required.
- Although not expected regularly circumstances may exist which necessitate working during Off hours or being on-call as a regular part of the job.
The Best Part The Benefits!
To enforce the importance of work-life balance employees enjoy excellent benefits including:
- 401(k) plan with company contribution up to 16%
- Generous time off package that includes paid vacation personal sick and holidays
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Medical dental vision and prescription coverage
- On our Malvern campus: Free lunch every day when working on campus onsite fitness center and a beautiful 1.25-mile walking path!
Key Skills
- General Counsel
- Legal Case Management
- Legal Drafting
- Litigation
- Intellectual Property Law
- Legal Counsel
- Legal Research
- Securities Law
- Employment & Labor Law
- Real Estate Law
- negotiation
- Contracts
About Company
The Institutes Knowledge Group offers over 25 Institutes Designations, online courses, sample courses, and more, to gain skills in risk management and insurance.
