Legal Director / Tax Insurance

Overview

We are leading the search in partnership with a Legal Director to join the corporate group to lead on advising insurers on tax Insurance matters. This is a rare opportunity to join one of the most sophisticated and fastest growing areas of the transactional risk market - the team advises a roster of leading insurers and MGAs on complex tax risks.

Responsibilities

• Advise insurers and underwriters on the assessment, structuring and documentation of tax insurance policies across a broad spectrum of domestic and international transactions.
• Work closely with transactional tax teams, private equity sponsors and underwriting teams to shape risk appetite and policy language on high value, time sensitive deals.
• Provide high level, commercially focused advice involving novel or complex tax exposures that require strategic judgement and technical depth.

Qualifications

• Senior tax lawyer with strong transactional tax experience and exposure to W&I or tax insurance, or a Senior Tax Underwriter currently operating in the tax insurance market.
• Experience in private practice or underwriting is sufficient; prior tax insurance experience is welcomed but not essential.
• Strong strategic judgement, technical depth and commercial focus, with excellent teamwork skills.

Career Path

This role is positioned at Legal Director level with a clear opportunity to build a partner case over time.

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