Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

About the Job:

The Northwestern Mutual Law Department is seeking an experienced, agile and solution-oriented investment attorney interested in joining a diverse, challenging, and fast-paced practice advising the Company on a wide range of issues as the Company works to transform how clients experience financial security.  This attorney will be a member of the Law Department’s Institutional Investments Team, which supports the Company’s $300+ billion investment portfolio, as well as the Company’s capital markets initiatives and other transactions. 

What You'll Do

This attorney’s primary responsibilities will be to provide legal advice on matters relating to the Company's 720 East collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) platform.  As a member of the Institutional Investments legal team, and working collaboratively with other Department members, this attorney will:

• Provide legal support for the 720 East CLO platform including reviewing offering memorandums, indentures, engagement letters, warehouse agreements, collateral management agreements, control agreements, and other investment related documents; and
• Provide legal support for a wide range of asset management activities for the 720 East CLO platform and general account investment portfolio including amendments and waivers, restructurings, bankruptcies, realizations, and regulatory matters, as well as manage the CLO platform’s participation in liability management exercises.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• Candidates must have at least five years of legal experience in one or more of the following areas: collateralized loan obligations, corporate finance, commercial lending, structured finance, or bankruptcy or restructurings.
• Ability to analyze a variety of legal issues, synthesize complex information, and provide solution-oriented legal advice to business professionals throughout the enterprise.  
• An exemplary academic record and a Juris Doctorate degree; note that a license to practice law in the State of Wisconsin or a commitment to become licensed within the first year of employment is required.
• The scope of this role may change over time to respond to business needs.  The successful candidate will be flexible and adaptable in terms of general skills and aspirations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a highly analytical and curious mind, creativity, comfort dealing with ambiguity, integrity, high ethical standards, and a positive demeanor.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and contribute effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to work autonomously as well and to deal with multiple tasks at the same time.
• A keen problem-solving approach using sound legal reasoning and practical business judgment to identify and address risks and achieve results that balance benefits for all stakeholders of the enterprise.

Skills You Will Have:

• Accountability: Holds self and their direct reports accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results, delivery, and execution. Determines objectives, sets priorities, delegates work to direct reports, and accepts responsibility for mistakes.
• Attention to Detail: Focuses on specific details to spot and correct errors in advance of them being found and surpass quality expectations. Performs work with thorough proofreading for presentation, content, accuracy, and overall quality.
• Continuous Improvement: Utilizes available methods to identify opportunities, executes solutions and measures impact to improve existing practices and processes. Implements feedback and lessons learned. Leverages the ability to identify and experiment assumptions and hypothesis for products to be able to refine and improve them at any stage of the life cycle.
• Cross Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals.
• Risk Assessment & Identification: Leverages industry knowledge to determine and seek hazards that could potentially prevent the program, enterprise, or investment from achieving their objectives; designs systematic processes of identifying severity of hazards and evaluating the scale and impacts of any associated risk on the business.

Why Northwestern Mutual?

• Be part of a diverse, inclusive, and nationally recognized Law Department, with 130+ members from across the country and a culture that values every background and perspective.
• Work in-house on high-impact projects, with minimal reliance on outside counsel and direct engagement in business strategy.
• Competitive compensation, annual bonus eligibility, and opportunities for career growth.
• Join a Fortune 500 leader with $378 billion in assets, $38 billion in revenues, and a legacy of helping millions achieve financial security.

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$176,000.00

Pay Range - End:

$264,000.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure:

Structure 110:

$193,600.00 USD - $290,400.00 USD

Structure 115:

$202,400.00 USD - $303,600.00 USD

We believe in fairness and transparency. It’s why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you’re living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.