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About the Role

Serve as the Company’s senior legal executive and a member of the executive leadership team, advising the CEO, Board, and executive team on enterprise legal strategy, corporate governance, financing, strategic transactions, and legal matters supporting a growing property and casualty insurance platform. This role requires strong insurance industry expertise and substantial experience advising private equity-backed businesses and leading complex corporate and financing transactions.

Responsibilities

Serve as the principal legal advisor to the CEO, Board, and executive leadership team.
Shape legal strategy in support of the Company’s business objectives, evaluate significant opportunities and risks, and provide clear recommendations on complex or sensitive matters.
Advise on the legal matters associated with private equity ownership, including shareholder arrangements, investor rights, governance requirements, management equity arrangements, and ownership transitions.
Work with leadership and sponsor representatives to support growth and value-creation initiatives while protecting the Company’s interests.
Partner with the CFO to lead the legal aspects of debt and equity financings, credit facilities, refinancings, recapitalizations, and potential liquidity transactions.
Oversee transaction structuring, diligence, documentation, negotiation, and execution, including coordination with lenders, investors, regulators, and external advisors.
Advise the Board and relevant committees on governance, fiduciary considerations, conflicts of interest, and significant corporate decisions.
Oversee legal support for Board and committee activities, corporate records, delegated authorities, legal entity governance, and shareholder matters.
Lead, mentor, and develop the General Counsel and Legal team.
Establish clear responsibilities and escalation practices, and build the capabilities needed to support Incline’s growth.
Lead legal work for acquisitions, investments, divestitures, partnerships, and other strategic transactions.
Oversee due diligence, transaction negotiation and documentation, required approvals, closing, and integration.
Help leadership assess transaction risks, obligations, and strategic implications.
Provide senior legal oversight of Incline’s property and casualty insurance and reinsurance operations, including fronting and program structures, delegated authority arrangements, ceded and assumed reinsurance, and collateral arrangements.
Guide the Legal team on complex agreements and material issues, and directly lead negotiations or escalations requiring executive involvement.
Oversee legal support for relationships with MGAs, program administrators, reinsurers, brokers, TPAs, vendors, and strategic partners.
Establish contracting standards, negotiation guidelines, and approval processes that protect the Company’s interests and enable timely business decisions.
Provide legal advice on the regulatory requirements affecting Incline’s carriers and multi-entity operations.
Partner with Compliance on examinations, inquiries, filings, licensing, regulatory approvals, and interactions with insurance regulators.
Advise on the regulatory implications of growth, financing, and corporate transactions.
Identify and oversee material legal exposures, establish escalation protocols, and advise on mitigation strategies.
Partner with the CRO and Compliance to integrate legal considerations into enterprise risk management.
Provide executive oversight of significant litigation, coverage and reinsurance disputes, investigations, and other contested matters, working with Claims and outside counsel as appropriate.
Oversee legal advice on technology agreements, intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity, data rights, and artificial intelligence.
Partner with Technology and business leaders to support responsible adoption of new capabilities and address material legal risks.
Set priorities and clear accountability, allocate work effectively, and strengthen succession and team capabilities.
Manage the legal budget and outside counsel relationships, ensuring appropriate expertise, quality, and cost discipline.
Improve contract management, workflows, legal technology, and knowledge sharing as the organization grows.

Requirements

15+ years of progressively responsible legal experience.
Substantial property and casualty insurance experience.
Senior legal leadership responsibility.
Experience advising CEOs and boards.
Experience leading complex, high-impact matters.
Prior experience as a CLO, General Counsel, or senior legal leader with comparable scope is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated experience advising private equity-backed companies or representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.
Understanding of sponsor governance, shareholder arrangements, management equity, and the legal considerations associated with growth and ownership transitions.
Demonstrated record of leading the legal aspects of material debt or equity financings and complex corporate transactions.
Experience includes credit facilities, recapitalizations, acquisitions, divestitures, or liquidity events.
Ability to direct outside specialists while independently advising leadership on significant transaction issues and trade-offs.
Strong knowledge of property and casualty insurance, reinsurance, state insurance regulation, and multi-entity insurance organizations.
Experience with fronting carriers, MGA and program relationships, delegated authority, and reinsurance structures is strongly preferred.
Ability to oversee complex insurance agreements and engage effectively with regulators is essential.
Experience advising boards and senior executives on corporate governance, significant business decisions, and material legal risks.
Ability to assess issues across the enterprise, communicate clear recommendations, and balance commercial objectives with legal and regulatory obligations.
Proven ability to lead and develop experienced attorneys.
Proven ability to establish effective working relationships across functions.
Proven ability to manage outside counsel and legal spend.
Strong executive presence, negotiation skills, discretion, and communication.
Willingness to work directly on important matters in a lean, fast-moving organization.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
Must be eligible to satisfy applicable requirements to provide legal services on behalf of the Company.

Skills

Enterprise legal strategy
Corporate governance
Financing
Strategic transactions
Insurance industry expertise
Private equity advisory
Complex corporate transactions
Complex financing transactions
Commercial judgment
Director and investor credibility
Legal advice translation to business decisions
Strategy setting
Direct involvement in significant matters
Private equity ownership matters
Shareholder arrangements
Investor rights
Governance requirements
Management equity arrangements
Ownership transitions
Growth and value-creation initiatives
Capital markets
Debt and equity financings
Credit facilities
Refinancings
Recapitalizations
Liquidity transactions
Transaction structuring
Diligence
Documentation
Negotiation
Execution
Board and corporate governance
Fiduciary considerations
Conflicts of interest
Corporate records
Delegated authorities
Legal entity governance
Shareholder matters
Mergers and acquisitions
Investments
Divestitures
Partnerships
Closing
Integration
Transaction risks
Transaction obligations
Strategic implications
Insurance operations
Reinsurance operations
Fronting structures
Program structures
Delegated authority arrangements
Ceded reinsurance
Assumed reinsurance
Collateral arrangements
Commercial agreements
Program relationships
MGAs
Program administrators
Reinsurers
Brokers
TPAs
Vendors
Strategic partners
Contracting standards
Negotiation guidelines
Approval processes
Insurance regulation
Compliance
Regulatory requirements
Examinations
Inquiries
Filings
Licensing
Regulatory approvals
Insurance regulators
Regulatory implications
Enterprise legal risk
Disputes
Legal exposures
Escalation protocols
Mitigation strategies
Enterprise risk management
Litigation
Coverage disputes
Reinsurance disputes
Investigations
Technology agreements
Intellectual property
Privacy
Cybersecurity
Data rights
Artificial intelligence
Legal team leadership
Mentoring
Team development
Prioritization
Accountability
Work allocation
Succession planning
Team capabilities
Legal budget management
Outside counsel management
Contract management
Workflow improvement
Legal technology
Knowledge sharing

Location

Austin, Texas

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

15+ years of experience
Senior legal leadership

Education Level

Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree
Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

About the Company

Incline Insurance Group is seeking an accomplished Chief Legal Officer (CLO) to serve as the Company’s senior legal executive and a member of the executive leadership team.
The CLO will advise the CEO, Board, and executive team on enterprise legal strategy, corporate governance, financing, strategic transactions, and the legal matters supporting a growing property and casualty insurance platform.
This role combines strong insurance industry expertise with substantial experience advising private equity-backed businesses and leading complex corporate and financing transactions.
The successful candidate will bring sound commercial judgment, credibility with directors and investors, and the ability to translate legal advice into practical business decisions.
The CLO must be comfortable setting strategy while remaining directly involved in significant matters.
Incline’s Legal team partners with the business on insurance and reinsurance agreements, program relationships, regulatory matters, corporate transactions, and dispute resolution.
This is an opportunity to shape the legal strategy of a growing, private equity-backed insurance platform.
The CLO will work directly with executive leadership and the Board, influence significant financing and transactional decisions, and develop a legal function that supports Incline’s next stage of growth.