Abogado / a de Alianzas y Distribución - Legal Counsel - Partners & Distribution

I am Paula, the recruiter for this role. I love traveling, especially to international destinations, and sushi is my favourite food. Additionally, I enjoy flamenco fashion and dancing sevillanas. As you can see, enthusiasm and diversity are part of my daily life. Lovely to meet you!

Perhaps this is the 10th Job Description you read today, sitting on your couch with Netflix playing in the background, or contemplating your life planning to refresh your career. I am sure by now all offers look the same.

I will be honest with you, at Zurich we do not claim to be perfect, but we are pretty cool! If you want to know why, keep reading!

But first, THANK YOU for showing interest in our company. We know that a job search can be challenging, but don’t worry, what goes around comes around!

Let’s get straight to the point! I will try to sum up our DNA in 2 essential points :

• We love volunteering but we prefer to be Change Activists. What does that mean? We focus our efforts in helping youths in risk of social marginalization and fighting climate change by reforesting parks or woods in Madrid and in the Doñana Forest. In 2024, we did more than 20,000 hours of activism.
• At Zurich we say it loud and clear : We are proud of our colors, we believe that a diverse and inclusive team makes the difference. We don’t discuss disability, we discuss capability! We want you to be yourself, without closets in between or glass ceilings making you fragile. 50% of our high responsibility positions are occupied by women (including our Executive Committee). Do you know that we produce our own podcasts about gender identity? We are building a company where everyone is welcome!

We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join in our headquarters office based in Barcelona. Your main responsibilities will involve :

Helping identifying, managing and mitigating legal, regulatory and corporate governance risks, to enable business to achieve the strategic and commercial goals of the company in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and to protect and preserve Zurich’s tangible and intangible assets.

Reporting to Senior Counsel managing the area of Partners and Distribution within Legal Spain, your key tasks & accountabilities will be :

Partners :

Participating in rendering legal advice to the business on management of current partnerships with banks, retailers, telecom operators and other categories of partners acting as insurance distributors.

Participating in negotiations for the setting-up of potential future partnerships advising business from the early phase of responding to the RFIs / RFPs to the drafting of Term Sheets and agreements ranging from SPAs / SHAs for the establishment of Joint Venture companies to pure insurance distribution agreements.

Distribution :

Legal support to the Distribution Area in all legal matters related to Zurich’s agents and broker network.

Digital Contracting Processes :

Reviewing web-based product contracting processes and web’s Terms and Conditions.

How do you know you fit in? I’ll explain :

Don’t worry, we are not asking you to save the planet or meet 100% of the requirements.

Your skills and qualifications will ideally include :

Required :

• Bachelor’s degree in law (or equivalent).
• Knowledge of Insurance Legal and Regulatory Environment and 5 years of experience in related field.
• Problem Solving under a pragmatic approach.
• Fluent in English (minimum level : B-2 qualification or equivalent).
• Eager to learn by working in a challenging environment.