Corporate Counsel Field Distribution

JOB REQUIREMENTS: At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and
growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive
difference. The Northwestern Mutual Law Department is seeking an
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. Whats
the role? This attorney will be a member of the Departments
Distribution Team. The Distribution Team advises the Company on legal
issues relating to its roughly 10,000-member independent contractor
field force of financial representatives across all fifty states. In
this regard, the attorney will, among other things: Provide counsel to
the Company on the myriad legal issues that arise with respect to sales
of the Companys insurance and investment products through its
independent contractor field force. Such issues include those relating
to insurance and securities licensing and registration requirements, and
state and federal regulations governing various other aspects of the
insurance and investment businesses. Provide counsel to the Company with
respect to developing, revising, and ensuring compliance with internal
Northwestern Mutual policies and procedures governing its distribution
system. Provide counsel to the Company regarding the intersection of
state, federal, and Company regulations and their impact on independent
contractor field force closely-held businesses; and Consult with the
Companys approximately seventy independent contractor general agents
and their staff personnel and with the general agents own legal
counsel regarding the issues that arise daily in the normal course, such
as employment-related matters and compliance with governmental,
regulatory, and Company rules and regulations. Bring Your Best! What
this role needs: Candidates should have between 2-5 years of legal
experience. Experience advising on issues relating to an independent
contractor sales force of insurance agents and/or investment
professionals would be a plus, but not required. Good writing skills and
comfort with drafting agreements. The ability to analyze a wide variety
of legal issues, synthesize complex information, and provide
solution-oriented legal advice to business professionals throughout the
enterprise. Candidates must have 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 isrequired. Desired personal attributes: 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 skill sets
& aspirations. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a
highly analytical and curious mind, creativity, comfort dealing with…
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