Senior Counsel

Marsh's Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs (LCPA) department promotes a culture of ethical, lawful, and risk-conscious behavior.

We are seeking a commercially minded in-house counsel to support Marsh's corporate legal needs.

This position will report to a Senior Assistant General Counsel and requires working from our New York City office at least three days per week.

We will count on you to:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to various levels of Company management on a broad range of Marsh's insurance broking and risk advisory businesses, MMC's managing general agency business, and Mercer's health business in the US.
• Handle the drafting, review and negotiation of a wide range of contracts, including domestic and global client services agreements, RFPs with prospective clients, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, insurer agreements, vendor agreements and technology contracts.
• Support the business in developing, drafting and negotiating strategic alliance agreements, joint marketing agreements and referral agreements with third parties, including in the insurance, health, cyber and technology space.
• Provide advice and counsel to the Company's innovation initiatives as the business seeks to develop new products and solutions.

What you'll need to have:

• A minimum of 3 years of working experience in a law firm and/or in-house corporate legal department, including providing client advice and transactional support and working with client service agreements.
• JD from a US accredited law school and license to practice, in good standing, in at least one of the fifty states.
• Admitted to the bar in New York or in the location where the position will be based.

What makes you stand out:

• Ability to be a creative problem solver and to support a diverse range of commercial initiatives.
• Excellent judgment, excellent communication and negotiating skills, financial acumen, project management skills, and a willingness and ability to work as a part of a team.
• Ability to effectively communicate with business colleagues and exercise sound legal and commercial judgment in providing advice and determining when to escalate issues.
• Keen attention to detail, excellent analytical ability, and discretion with confidential information.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, to handle multiple priorities, to prioritize assignments and to work efficiently.
• Clear and concise oral and written communication skills
• Top-notch organization skills and the ability to analyze and refine business processes and workflows
• Excellent responsivity to team and to business colleagues
• Professional growth-oriented mindset evidenced by a desire to learn and improve continuously

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you require an accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $132,000 to $264,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.