Senior legal Counsel

Overview

Senior Legal Counsel – 12-month FTC role – London – 3 days in the office. Insurance experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and reviewing of binding authority agreements, TOBA\’s, claims handling agreements, master policies, policy or service contract terms and conditions, and a variety of supplier agreements including IT related agreements.
• Providing day to day legal support for UK entities
• Providing support in managing regulatory requests with the PRA, FCA and other regulators as required
• Providing advice and guidance to groups international entities on a range of matters, including legal, compliance, governance, regulation, operational and company secretarial
• Reviewing and summarising legal advice provided by overseas law firms and updating trackers, memorandums and terms and conditions where relevant with the distilled information
• Reviewing marketing literature in accordance with law and regulation
• Providing advice and wording for data protection matters, in collaboration with the data protection officer
• Working closely with other Group functions, including Underwriting, Compliance and Risk to deliver key strategic priorities
• Providing support to key regulatory and corporate (entity restructuring etc.) arise

Qualifications and Experience

• UK lawyer with strong legal experience in general insurance, financial services and corporate law
• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating insurance related agreements
• Experience in implementing new regulation in large insurance groups
• Experience in working with management teams and functional heads
• Experience in managing external lawyers especially in relation to commercial matters
• Experience of dealing with regulators and industry bodies
• Experience in negotiating outsourcing and procurement agreements

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Insurance