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Senior Legal Counsel Insurance
Job summary
A prominent insurance broker is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel in Stockport, focusing on insurance law, providing legal advice, and managing contracts. The role offers flexible working arrangements, a 15% annual bonus, pension contributions, and private health cover within a supportive legal team.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Extensive experience in insurance law, either in Private Practice or in-house.
- Experience in general commercial matters, preferably with insurance distribution.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice across Commercial, Insurance, and BAU matters.
- Draft and negotiate commercial contracts including SAAS and IT agreements.
- Work closely with key business stakeholders.
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Sellick Partnership
stockport, United Kingdom
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22.08.2025
06.10.2025
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Senior Legal Counsel Insurance
Remote
Permanent
A Senior Legal Counsel with experience in insurance law is required to join an Insurance broker on a permanent basis.
The successful Senior Legal Counsel Insurance will be able to benefit from flexible working arrangements and can be based out of offices in the South East or work remotely.
As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will be joining a close-knit legal team that works seamlessly within the wider organisation. The successful Senior Legal Counsel will ideally have extensive experience working within insurance law either from Private Practice or working in-house. The Senior Legal Counsel will provide legal advice across the Group with regards to Commercial, Insurance and BAU matters.
This role can also offer the opportunity to take on management responsibilities of more junior members of the team.
As a Senior Legal Counsel, your role will include, but is not limited to;
- Working closely with key business stakeholders including Underwriting, Finance, Tax and Claims teams
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts including SAAS, IT, Licence, data processing, IP, material outsourcing and loan agreements
- Advising on delegated insurance arrangements and distribution deals however candidates can be trained up in this area
As the Senior Legal Counsel you will have;
- Experience of working within the insurance industry or working on behalf of an insurer
- Experience in general commercial matters and ideally insurance distribution
- Flexible working (Remote working will be considered)
- 15% Annual Bonus
- Pension Contribution
- Private Health Cover
- Life Insurance
This is a really exciting opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel to join a forward-thinking and expanding organisation or a Legal Counsel looking to take their next step up. If you have the necessary skills, ambition and experience for this role, please apply now.
Alternatively, should you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying, please contact Chelsey Saxonat our Manchester office on 0161 834 1642 to find out more about this brilliant opportunity.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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