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AVP & Asst. General Counsel, Corp Regulatory

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Description and Requirements

Requirements

Description and Requirements

Position: AVP & Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Regulatory Practice Group

Location: 200 Park Ave, New York, NY

Setting : Hybrid

Reports to: VP & Associate General Counsel

Travel : Less than 10%

The Team You Will Join

The Corporate Regulatory Practice Group is an active and fast-paced team within the Global Sustainability, AFC and Corporate Regulatory Unit. Currently, the Unit has five attorneys with broad responsibilities to provide legal support to several business and functional areas of MetLife.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated regulatory and transactional attorney to join the MetLife Law Department.

The position is in the Global Sustainability, AFC, Corporate Regulatory Unit of Legal Affairs. The attorney in this position will be responsible for handling a broad range of insurance, corporate transactional and regulatory matters.

The candidate must be able to provide excellent legal advice and representation, have demonstrated a high degree of discretion, judgment and independence, have excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leaders of the Company, have the intellectual curiosity to understand the interplay of various constituencies involved in corporate transactions and to keep abreast of the changing legal climate, be detail-oriented, and have a strong commitment to personal growth and demonstrating leadership.

How Youll Help Us Build a Confident Future:

• Handling corporate and transactional regulatory matters including financial and risk reporting; state insurance holding company law compliance; insurance-related corporate, financing, capital management and M&A transactions; corporate governance; corporate structure optimization; and regulatory engagement.
• Associated activities concern captives and their financings; foreign reinsurance subsidiaries; transactions among affiliated MetLife companies; enterprise support arrangements; shared services and facilities business model; actuarial matters; and legislative and regulatory matters.
• Other responsibilities include research and writing, advising business clients regarding regulatory risks, developing and presenting training and negotiating with regulators.
• Support practice group lead in managing outside counsel, developing and executing strategy and reviewing outside counsel invoices.

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications):

• Hold a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and be admitted to the New York State (or other appropriate) bar.
• Have at least 5-10 years of legal experience, including strategic matter management and engagement with financial service regulators.
• Exhibit crisp, clear oral and written communication skills; demonstrates the ability to reduce legal issues to straightforward practical analysis and advice.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, writing and facilitation skills. Build relationships at all levels of the organization, including the ability to resolve issues and seek consensus among diverse groups of stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strength in strategic thinking, identifying key business issues and opportunities, creating business strategies, and driving results across diverse internal teams and/or external partners.
• Demonstrated record of attention to detail, sense of urgency, ability to handle substantial workload effectively (i.e., establish priorities, adhere to deadlines)

Skills

What Will Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)

• Regulatory Experience
• Corporate and Transactional Experience

The expected salary range for this position is $161,000 - $214,600. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune Worlds 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For , MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the worlds leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, were inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, its #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (protected characteristics).

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

$161,000 - $214,600

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Insurance

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