American Fidelity

General Counsel

American Fidelity • $150K — $200K *
Oklahoma City, OK 73160In-Person
Legal & Accounting
11 - 15 years of experience
1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of legal experience with 10+ years in senior leadership roles.
  • Expertise in corporate law, specifically in life/health insurance and insurance operations.
  • Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active Oklahoma Bar licensure.
  • Strong compliance knowledge and ability to navigate complex regulatory landscapes.
  • Professional certifications such as CLU, CLFC, or FLMI are preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive legal counsel across diverse business entities.
  • Oversee all legal services for the Cameron Group and its subsidiaries.
  • Lead compliance efforts with direct oversight of the Chief Compliance Officer.
  • Advise executive leadership on enterprise strategy, risk, and governance.
  • Manage legal aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and new ventures.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the legal strategy of a family-owned enterprise.
  • Role within a dynamic and varied portfolio encompassing multiple industries.
  • Direct interaction with senior leadership and ownership.
  • Potential for involvement in international legal matters and expansions.
Full Job Description
General Counsel for a privately owned group of financial services companies, including insurance, banking, brokers, and others.

Job Description:
  • The General Counsel serves as the senior legal officer for all entities associated with the Cameron Group and is responsible for providing comprehensive legal counsel, strategy, and risk management across the full portfolio of family-owned entities, including insurance (domestic and international), banking, brokerage, sports, and wine businesses, ensuring that all legal activities align with the enterprise's values, business objectives, and applicable federal, state, and international laws and regulations.
  • The General Counsel leads and manages a consolidated, enterprise-wide legal function - including direct oversight of the Chief Compliance Officer and the compliance department - and is accountable for all legal services delivered to the Cameron Group and each subsidiary and affiliate, including corporate governance, transactional matters, litigation, regulatory affairs, securities and broker-dealer compliance, intellectual property, employee benefits law, government affairs, and preventative legal counsel across all domestic and international operations.
  • The General Counsel serves as a key member of the senior leadership team and trusted advisor to ownership and executive management, providing sound legal judgment on enterprise strategy, risk, governance, and business development, including mergers and acquisitions, new ventures, international expansion, and the stewardship of the organization's long-term legal health as a privately held, family-owned enterprise.


Requirements:
  • Fifteen (15) or more years of experience as an attorney with ten (10) or more years of specific experience in a senior leadership role in a corporate environment specializing in life/health insurance, life and health agency, P&C agency, and insurance company operations. Specific requirements may be waived with evidence of equivalent experience.
  • Juris Doctor from accredited law school, licensed Oklahoma Attorney through Oklahoma Supreme Court, active membership in Oklahoma Bar Association and annual compliance with continuing legal education requirements per Oklahoma Bar Association guidelines.
  • Preferred Candidates will also possess: CLU, CLFC or FLMI designations or similar, FINRA Registered Representative (Series 6) Securities License, FINRA Investment Principal (Series 26) Securities License, and State Securities Law (Series 63) Securities License, or equivalents.


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About American Fidelity

American Fidelity Assurance is an American private, family-owned life and health insurance company co-founded by C.W. and C.B. Cameron. It provides voluntary supplemental health insurance products and tax deferred annuities to education employees, auto dealerships, health care providers and municipal workers across the United States. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK, AFA is a subsidiary of American Fidelity Corporation, which is owned by the founding Cameron family. The company has ranked on Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list 15 times, most recently in 2021. American Fidelity serves 1 million customers in 49 states. Since 1982, AFA has consistently been rated "A+" by A. M. Best. AFA has 2000 employees around the U.S. and the Chairman and CEO is Bill Cameron, the grandson of company co-founder C.W. Cameron. Headquarters: American Fidelity Assurance Company corporate headquarters is in the American Fidelity building, The Oklahoman newspaper building) located in north Oklahoma City just East off the Broadway Extension and Britton Road at 9000 Cameron Parkway.
Learn more about American Fidelity
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Founded
1960
* Ladders Estimates

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