Top Legal Jobs

Provides advanced estate, business succession, wealth transfer, tax, and executive compensation planning guidance to high-net-worth clients and financial advisors. Evaluates legal documents and planning structures, develops actionable recommendations, leads presentations, collaborates with attorneys and tax professionals, and supports coordinated execution of client objectives. The role also manages consultation workflows, builds stakeholder relationships, and contributes thought leadership and planning education.

Serve as in-house counsel for complex civil litigation from intake through resolution. Develop case strategy, oversee discovery and eDiscovery, manage pleadings and motions, prepare witnesses, lead settlement negotiations, and coordinate with outside counsel. Advise executives and business leaders on litigation risk, mitigation, resolution strategies, and enterprise best practices while managing outside counsel performance, budgets, and metrics.

Provide legal advice and transaction support for Northwestern Mutual's 720 East CLO platform and general account investments. Review offering memorandums, indentures, engagement and warehouse agreements, collateral management and control agreements; handle amendments, restructurings, bankruptcies, realizations, regulatory matters, and liability management. Collaborate across teams, offer practical legal solutions, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced in-house environment.

Provide legal counsel on design, implementation, and administration of employee benefit programs (retirement, health, welfare), ensuring ERISA and tax compliance; draft and review plan documents and filings; identify and mitigate legal risks; support employment law matters (wage/hour, leave, investigations, terminations, restrictive covenants); collaborate with HR and other legal specialists; monitor regulatory developments.

Provide in-house legal counsel for Northwestern Mutual's $60+ billion real estate portfolio, leading structuring, negotiation and documentation of commercial mortgage loans, acquisitions, joint ventures and development transactions. Support asset management and loan servicing activities including amendments, consents, leasing, and management agreements, working closely with investment professionals.