Job Description

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Our client is an exciting start-up global specialty insurance provider. Leveraging agile technology to provide an efficient insurtech platform, our client offers specialised insurance products and services facilitating M&A transactions. These include representations and warranties (R&W) / warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance, tax liability insurance and bespoke policies created for individual contingent risks.

This is an exciting opportunity for a lawyer, with prior experience in Corporate M&A transactions during private practice, to transition into an attractive career path as an underwriter. This is a technical, front office role. You will gain a broader understanding and perspective of corporate transactions, developing financial, tax and other business skills to complement your existing legal skills. These skills will enable logical and in-depth review of the risks associated with the ownership, financing and operation of a broad range of businesses. You will remain close to M&A transactions across a broad range of sectors, review the transactional documents and negotiate and draft policies.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist the Asia Pacific M&A underwriting team to quote and underwrite M&A transactions across the Asia Pacific region in accordance with underwriting guidelines and controls.
• Assess transaction risks by reviewing and analysing the target business and its industry, transaction documents and due diligence reports, and conducting underwriting calls with the various stakeholders.
• Prepare coverage and pricing proposals as well as negotiate and draft bespoke warranty and indemnity insurance documents.
• Implement agreed strategies with management for growing the book of business.
• Develop commercially successful relationships with mergers and acquisitions production and distribution sources \xe2\x80\x93 with a focus on brokers, law firms and investment banks.

Candidate requirements:

• Ideally 4+ PQE; admitted in Singapore or another Commonwealth jurisdiction.
• Prior private practice experience doing Corporate M&A transactions across different sectors. Current in-house lawyers most welcomed to apply.
• Fluent in English; fluency in another Asian language would be an advantage but is not a must-have requirement.

If you think you meet the above requirements and would like to apply please send: * your CV; and

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or for us to determine your suitability for this role.

If you\xe2\x80\x99d like to arrange a confidential discussion prior to applying please call our Singapore office on +65 6808 6635, Hong Kong office on +852 3978 1369 or London office on +44 20 3745 2513.

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Singapore EA Licence No. 12S6213

Horizon Recruitment