Legal Specialist Director/Litigation Counsel (Finance)
Join our dynamic, multi-specialized team as Counsel on the Litigation team, where you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with various departments including Risk and Compliance, Audit, Sustainability, Intellectual Property, HR, and Government Affairs. This role offers a unique chance to engage with diverse teams and contribute to impactful projects across a leading global data analytics and technology organization.
This role is based in Jersey City, NJ. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week with the option of working remotely for the remaining two days.
In this role, you will
- Shape, inform and implement multifaceted litigation strategies across various subject matters to advance and protect company priorities
- Strategize, coordinate and manage all aspects of pre-litigation matters, including investigating facts and documents related to disputes and litigation
- Provide regular reports to the Chief Litigation Counsel, relevant senior management and risk management of all litigation and related matters
- Manage and oversee outside counsel in litigation and enforcement matters, including discovery, motion practice, trial preparation and settlement negotiations
- Attend depositions of Company witnesses, mediations, arbitrations and trials
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant information, assess risk and develop legal strategies to resolve disputes
- Identify opportunities for improving internal litigation processes and implement solutions
- Admission to New Jersey Bar (or Admission to other state bar with NJ Limited License for In-House Counsel)
- Minimum 7+ years of combined relevant legal experience including both law firm litigation and in-house experience
- Effective negotiator with a good sense for practical business solutions to problems
- Self-assured and comfortable handling matters independently
- Energetic with a dynamic personality and can inspire the confidence of the business team, management, departmental colleagues and other support groups
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, analytical, verbal and written communication skills
- Intellectual curiosity and strategic, proactive decision making
- Effectively prioritize and manage multiple matters in a timely manner
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About Us
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we've been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World's Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We're 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions - provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions - supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions - offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Extreme Event Solutions - provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
Specialty Business Solutions - provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Marketing Solutions - delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions - offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft - provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk's minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
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