Senior Solicitor - 12month FTC

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

Job summary

A leading insurance marketplace in London is seeking a legal counsel to provide regulatory and legal support to senior management and committees. The role involves offering strategic legal advice, managing legal risks, and supporting various internal and subsidiary departments. Candidates should possess strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills, alongside experience in corporate law.

Qualifications

• Experience providing risk-based legal advice on commercial and regulatory matters.
• Experience managing multiple matters with competing deadlines.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert legal advice on strategic initiatives and regulatory matters.
• Draft, negotiate, and review complex commercial agreements.
• Identify and mitigate legal risks associated with Lloyd’s operations.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Legal research

Analytical ability

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

Job description

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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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 legal advice on IT, intellectual property (IP) and data protection matters.
• Identifying, monitoring and assessing legal risks associated with Lloyd’s operations and actively providing proactive and innovative solutions to mitigate those risks.
• Drafting with precision to avoid adverse consequences and exercising good judgment in negotiations and legal advice.
• Using knowledge and pragmatism to identify when to involve other business areas.
• Being open to change, adapting positively, and seeking new opportunities.
• Managing and communicating effectively with clients/stakeholders on workstreams and projects, explaining complex legal or business information clearly.
• Planning and prioritising workloads effectively.
• Communicating progress regularly to clients and senior management.
• Instructing and managing outside legal firms and external advisers when appropriate.

Skills

• Commercial awareness & ability to provide clear advice to meet business objectives.
• Negotiation skills.
• Effective stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Legal research skills.
• Analytical ability.
• Strategic thinking and analysis.
• Effective communication at all levels.
• Team-player with ability to manage own workload.
• Flexible approach.
• Articulate, honest, and authoritative in influencing, challenging, or motivating others.
• Inquisitive, asks right questions, and acts appropriately on information.

Experience

• Experience providing risk-based legal advice on commercial, corporate, and regulatory matters.
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders, including senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple matters with competing deadlines.
• Experience managing cross-directorate and multi-stakeholder projects.