Assistant Vice President, Transactional Risk

We will count on you to:

• Become an expert on transactional risk insurance solutions, the insurers that provide them, and all related matters.
• Provide expert advice on solution appropriateness, market conditions, insurance strategy, pricing, coverage terms, and required documentation.
• Execute insurance marketing and placement for clients, including obtaining terms from insurers, designing programmes, managing underwriting processes, and negotiating coverage at competitive prices.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with private equity and corporate clients and their professional advisors to secure transactional risk engagements and generate new business.
• Develop and maintain relationships with insurers' underwriters to ensure clients receive the best possible outcomes for their M&A transactions.
• Participate in business development initiatives including presentations, workshops, client meetings, and attendance at industry conferences and networking events.

What you need to have:

• Tertiary qualifications and 2–5 years' PQE in a reputable law firm and/or in-house legal department, with substantial M&A experience (minimum 2 years in private practice), including legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating M&A transaction documents, and meaningful client-facing advisory work.
• Strong interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication (native/professional English proficiency), relationship-building, networking, teamwork, empathy, conflict resolution, and adaptability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, keen attention to detail, the ability to work independently under pressure while managing multiple projects simultaneously, with demonstrated accountability, integrity, and professionalism.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

What makes you stand out?

• Prior knowledge of and familiarity with W&I insurance, especially through meaningful involvement in W&I workstreams on transactions.
• Ability to translate complex legal and technical information into accessible language for diverse audiences across different cultures.
• Meaningful experience and skills in sales, business development, and negotiation.

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 creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of 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, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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.