Solicitor | London, UK

Lloyd's; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyd's, le leader mondial de l'assurance, recherche un conseiller juridique pour fournir des conseils stratégiques et gérer des questions réglementaires. Vous serez responsable de la rédaction de contrats complexes et de la gestion des risques juridiques. Ce rôle offre un environnement de travail hybride et des opportunités de développement professionnel.

Benefits

Generous pension

Healthcare

Wellbeing programmes

Flexible benefits allowance

Employee recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Expérience de fournir des conseils juridiques sur des questions commerciales et réglementaires.
• Capacité à gérer plusieurs projets avec des délais concurrents.
• Expérience dans la gestion de parties prenantes internes et externes.

Responsibilities

• Fournir des conseils juridiques stratégiques sur des questions de réglementation et commerciales.
• Rédiger et négocier des contrats complexes.
• Gérer les risques juridiques associés aux opérations de Lloyd's.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Legal Research

Analytical ability

Strategic thinking

Drafting skills

Communication

Team-player

Job description

Lloyd's is the world's leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market's brightest minds, working together for a braver world.

Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow's progress isn't limited by today's risks.

Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that's more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you'll find a home at Lloyd's - build a braver future with us.

The Role

To support the Lloyd's General Counsel and to provide legal and regulatory advice and support to the Lloyd's senior management, to Lloyd's committees, to a range of internal departments within Lloyd's and to Lloyd's subsidiaries and overseas offices, including market oversight.

Principal Accountabilities

To be responsible to the Head of the Corporate Team as designated at any time for matters referred to below:

• Leading and being responsible for providing expert and strategic legal advice on a wide range of legal matters related to strategic initiatives and other transactional and regulatory matters, identify issues of highest risk and propose/drive solutions to address them and advise on and influence strategic decision making where appropriate.
• Leading and being responsible for providing accurate, pragmatic and timely risk-based legal advice on legal issues in relation to Lloyd's membership, finance (including capital, investment management, tax), regulatory and compliance matters UK and international).
• Leading and being responsible for drafting, negotiating, reviewing and advising on complex commercial agreements, including but not limited to, services agreements, consultancy contracts, engagement letters, terms and conditions, software licences, maintenance agreements, data transfer agreements, outsourcing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and providing accurate, pragmatic and timely risk-based legal advice on legal issues in relation to such commercial contracts, and on IT, intellectual property (IP) and data protection matters.
• Identify, monitor and assess legal risks associated with Lloyd's operations and actively provides proactive and innovative solutions to mitigate those risks.
• Drafts with precision to avoid adverse consequences and exercises good judgment in negotiation of contracts and giving advice.
• Uses knowledge and pragmatism to identify when to involve other business areas.
• Is open to change and adapts and responds positively to it and is willing to challenge and to seek out new opportunities.
• Effectively manages and communicates with clients/stakeholders on individual workstreams and projects. Communicates, explains and presents complex legal or business information and consequences of decisions in a simple and accessible way.
• Effectively plans and prioritises workloads.
• Effectively communicates progress of ongoing matters at regular intervals to clients and to the respective Head and, as appropriate, the General Counsel.
• Instruct and manage outside firms of solicitors and other external advisers where appropriate.

Skills

• Commercial awareness & an ability to provide clear advice to meet the business objectives.
• Negotiation Skills
• Effective Stakeholder Management and Collaborative Skills
• Risk Management Skills
• Legal Research Skills
• Analytical ability
• Strategic thinking and analysis
• Drafting skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Team-player but ability to manage own workload
• Flexible approach
• Articulate, honest and authoritative in finding the right style and words to influence, challenge or motivate others.
• Inquisitive and testing, asks the right questions in the correct circumstances and then (if appropriate) acts on that information.

Experience

• Experience of providing risk based legal advice on a wide variety of commercial, corporate and regulatory matters
• Experience of working with a range of internal and external stakeholders including senior stakeholders.
• Experience of progressing a variety of matters at the same time and with competing deadlines.
• Experience of managing cross-directorate and multi-stakeholder matters and projects.
• Experience of leading project teams.

Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us - Lloyd's aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in. One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website.

We understand that our work/life balance is important to us all and that a hybrid of working from the office and home can offer a great level of flexibility. Flexible working forms part of a total reward approach which offers a host of other benefits over and above the standard offering (generous pension, healthcare, wellbeing etc). These include financial support for training, education & development, a benefit allowance (to spend on our flexible benefits such as gym membership, dental insurance, extra holiday or to partake in our cycle to work scheme), employee recognition scheme and various employee discount schemes.

By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems.

Should you require any additional support with your application, or any adjustments, please click the following link;

https://cleartalents.com/apply/lloyds-msa1645695881

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