Legal Counsel

The opportunity

As a business-facing lawyer at Zurich, you’ll play a key role in identifying, managing, and mitigating legal, regulatory, and corporate governance risks. Your work will enable our business to achieve strategic and commercial objectives, always in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. You’ll provide professional, independent, and high‑quality legal advice and support to a range of business functions.

• Promoting Zurich’s values, ethics, and responsible business conduct.
• Supporting the Company Secretariat with organising board and committee meetings, statutory meetings, board reviews, renewals, and Director training.
• Addressing and managing potential conflicts between management and legal entity perspectives.
• Advising on laws and regulations related to non‑insurance commercial activities, such as sourcing, data protection, and human resources, and facilitating related business activities.
• Overseeing relationships with insurance regulators and supporting management in developing open and transparent stakeholder relationships.
• Advising on maintaining an effective and transparent corporate governance system, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and Zurich principles.
• Monitoring and reporting on legal trends, anticipating new requirements, and preparing appropriate responses in alignment with Compliance.
• Shaping strategy for structuring, negotiating, and resolving local legal issues in corporate transactions, and protecting Zurich’s assets.
• Collaborating with M&A legal teams to address and manage regulatory requirements for proposed transactions.
• Guiding the business through insurance law and regulations across the value chain (including cross‑border), from licensing and product development to reinsurance.
• Providing input to project performance discussions, coaching team members, and offering technical advice both within and outside the operating unit.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree (preferred) and post‑qualification experience.
• Attorney‑at‑Law, qualified Manx advocate, solicitor, or barrister, with LL.M or suitable qualification.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in insurance legal and regulatory environments.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities.
• Background in corporate functions and transactions legal management.

We are Zurich Integrated Benefits and International Life. We provide life and savings products to markets around the world. This role is based in our state‑of‑the‑art Isle of Man office alongside a further 360 employees at this location.

At Zurich on the Isle of Man, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion. We want our people to bring their whole selves to the workplace and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, race, gender or sexual identity, beliefs, or culture. We are committed to treating all our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We have an environment that places a real importance on our people’s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide the best advice and access to a wealth of lifestyle support. We’re also committed to continuous improvement, and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.

We’re passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest‑established corporate trusts in the UK. In that time, we’ve awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at £90 million.

• Competitive salary.
• 12% defined non‑contributory pension scheme.
• Annual company bonus.
• Income Protection.
• Life cover – four times your salary.
• Free car parking, including electric car charging points.

• 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays.
• The option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.
• Three days paid volunteering.
• Up to 16 weeks’ full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

• Access to private medical insurance.
• Virtual GP appointments.
• Free flu jab.
• Access to a wealth of support from our wellbeing partners.
• Flexible working.
• Free fruit on a weekly basis.

• Creating a brighter, more sustainable future underpins all that we do here in Zurich. Our modern and sustainable office is BREEAM and SAGE Plus accredited.
• Zurich is passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community actively through the IOM Staff Charity Fund.

Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do. Work for us.