Ed Kenealy Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Strategic guidance to and management of Liberty Mutual's enterprise-facing legal practice groups comprising employment, public affairs, reinsurance, strategic transactions & governance, technology, and enterprise legal solutions, a center of excellence providing scalable service delivery. to make our partnership model more efficient and effective for Liberty Mutual's internal stakeholders.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for policy development, legislative and regulatory advocacy, and political action programs at the state, federal, and international​ levels.

Greater Boston Area

Member of senior management team of $6 billion business unit providing property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia. Responsibilities include advice and counsel to business unit management, regulatory compliance, implementation of business-unit-specific compliance programs, corporate governance, negotiating acquisition agreements, overseeing legal due diligence efforts, reinsurance contract review, drafting and negotiating vendor agreements, advising on employment practices and human resources issues, assisting internal audit department in management of attorney-client privileged audits, international data privacy initiatives, review of public disclosures, press releases and marketing materials, and coordination and budgeting of internal and external legal services.

Greater Boston Area

Member of senior management team of $11.7 billion business unit with specific responsibility for $6 billion commercial lines and surety divisions. Responsibilities include advice and counsel to business unit management, federal and state regulatory compliance, implementation of group-wide and business-unit-specific compliance programs, corporate governance, reinsurance review, drafting and negotiating vendor agreements, advising on employment practices and human resources issues, negotiating acquisition and divestiture agreements, overseeing legal due diligence and integration efforts (including Ohio Casualty Group and Safeco Corporation acquisitions), review of public disclosures, press releases and marketing materials, and coordination and budgeting of internal and external legal services. Responsible for or participated in S-1 and legal readiness initiatives for proposed initial public offering.

Assumed first general counsel role in $700 million, publicly-traded, business outsourcing provider. Consolidated decentralized legal functions to ensure consistency, efficiency, and overall reduced outside counsel expense across each of the organization’s business units while working with other members of the executive team in setting and pursuing the organization’s strategic agenda. Responsibilities included reviewing securities filings and press releases, corporate and securities law compliance, SOX implementation, due diligence, negotiating acquisition and alliance documents, financing/credit facility document review and negotiation, private placement of company securities, reviewing leases, drafting and negotiating software licenses and vendor and service agreements, trademark/service mark protection, business licensing and state regulatory compliance, providing employment law, immigration and ERISA advice, litigation management in general corporate and EEOC matters, contract management, reviewing corporate property, casualty and professional liability insurance coverages, and participating in product development initiatives.

Woburn, Massachusetts

Waltham, Massachusetts

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Vanderbilt Law Review, Senior Articles Editor, National Moot Court Team

Ab, History (With Honors)

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Sigma Phi Epsilon