Senior Legal Counsel - Insurance

Brook Street; London; Hybrid; GBP 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading London Insurance market broker is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel with extensive insurance experience. The role involves managing legal matters and a team, providing commercially focused legal advice, and minimizing legal risks. Ideal candidates will have at least 7 years PQE as a UK Solicitor, with a strong background in insurance law, and team management experience is desirable.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years PQE in insurance law.
• Experience in managing legal teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of lawyers and paralegals.
• Act as escalation point for complex legal queries.
• Improve legal processes and workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial Awareness

Insurance Law

Cross-Border Jurisdiction

Education

UK Solicitor Qualification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a 7 years PQE UK Solicitor with extensive Insurance experience in Private Practice and ideally in-house too, to take on the role of Senior Legal Counsel for a high profile London Insurance market brokers.

The focus of the role is to manage a wide range of Legal matters across the business, and to lead a small team of Lawyers and Paralegals.

The aim will be to lead and manage the team partnering the insurance and reinsurance business of the client , with technically accurate and commercially focused Legal advice, and to minimise and appropriately manage legal risk and reputational damage to the business.

Reporting to the General Counsel , the successful candidate's responsibilities will include:

• Support and management of small team of lawyers and paralegals partnering the insurance and reinsurance broking business, ensuring the smooth handling of business-as-usual legal tasks while providing guidance on escalated matters.
• Act as escalation point for more complex legal queries from the business and the team, both of UK and cross-border origin
• Ensure the efficient handling of routine legal matters, including improving legal processes and workflows to optimise efficiencies
• Liaising with Group stakeholders, including the Group legal function, where matters require escalation and further reporting

This could well suit someone looking to take on team management responsibilities and has the ability to create processes.

This is a great opportunity for a UK qualified solicitor with substantial insurance experience gained in private practice and most likely also in-house (likely a minimum of 7 years PQE).

We are looking for someone who has/is:

• A pragmatic, commercially minded lawyer who can lead on and manage a wide range of insurance related legal matters efficiently, including cross border jurisdiction.
• Expertise in insurance law and regulation, particularly with a London Market focus.
• Some experience in dealing with E&O claims against insurance brokers and/or other insurance professionals would be useful.
• Prior leadership or team management experience is desirable but not essential.

Our client is offering a salary upto 140,000 plus an excellent benefits package. They offer hybrid working - with the expectation you will be in the office 1-2 days per week ( though you can go in more days if that is your preference).

For more details about this great opportunity please apply today

Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.