Legal Counsel Insurance

Our client is looking for a Legal Counsel Insurance to join their legal team in a shared role spanning core legal advisory and specialised support for a related business line. This position offers broad exposure across policy wordings, regulatory matters, and commercial contract negotiation, with the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders across a multi-jurisdictional organisation.

• Provide independent legal advice across general civil law, litigation and arbitration, contract law, distribution law, supervisory law and consumer protection.
• Design, develop and review specialty product wordings, including for multinational programmes.
• Support legal counsel based across multiple European jurisdictions, sharing knowledge and helping develop junior team members.
• Act as technical reference point for product teams on regulatory, product and claims queries.
• Draft and negotiate distribution and agency agreements, contracts, brokerage agreements, NDAs and related commercial documentation.
• Manage a centralised wordings repository, keeping it current with regulatory and legal developments.
• Deliver legal support across the full agent lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding.
• Work with colleagues across sanctions, antitrust and data protection specialisms internationally.
• Deliver training on wordings, coverage and regulatory issues to product teams and business managers.
• Contribute directly to strategy and structure during an active European expansion.

• Qualification as a lawyer (German state examinations or European/UK equivalent).
• Admission as Syndikusanwalt, Rechtsanwalt or equivalent.
• At least 4 years' post-qualification experience.
• Experience in a regulated primary sector or distribution law.
• Working knowledge of relevant European regulatory frameworks.
  
  Contract drafting and negotiation experience.
• Fluent German and English.