Senior Counsel

Marsh Agency; Fatih; Hybrid; TRY 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh Türkiye in Istanbul is seeking a Senior Counsel to join its LCPA team, reporting to the Chief Counsel for the Italy, East Med & Caspian Region. This is a hybrid role requiring three office days per week.

The role will advise on a wide range of contracts and strategic initiatives across Türkiye, coordinating with global stakeholders and Marsh leadership while supporting the corporate legal needs of Marsh businesses.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in law with 7+ years’ experience in insurance sector.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Energetic, self-motivated and result-oriented.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.
• Excellent judgment, excellent communication and negotiating skills, financial acumen, project management skills, and a willingness and ability to work as a part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to various levels of Company management on a broad range of Marsh’s brokerage and risk advisory businesses in Türkiye.
• Handle the drafting, review and negotiation of a wide range of contracts, including domestic and global client services agreements, RFPs with prospective clients, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, vendor agreements and technology contracts.
• Support the business in developing, drafting and negotiating strategic alliance agreements, joint marketing agreements and referral agreements with third parties, including in the reinsurance, cyber and technology space.
• Provide advice and counsel to the Company’s innovation initiatives as the business seeks to develop new products and solutions.

Skills

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's degree in law

Job description

Marsh Türkiye is seeking candidates for “Senior Counsel” to join our management team based in Istanbul office! Marsh's Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs (LCPA) department promotes a culture in which ethical, lawful, and risk mindful behavior is encouraged and reinforced. We are looking for a commercially oriented in-house counsel to support the corporate legal needs of its Marsh businesses.

The position will report to the Chief Counsel Marsh Italy, East Med & Caspian Region, who is based at the Company’s headquarters in Italy. This is a hybrid role with a requirement of working three days in the office per week.

What's In It For You

• A company culture founded in integrity, responsible teamwork and experience
• A fast-paced dynamic environment where you will interface with colleagues across our business and with senior leadership
• Corporate dedication to fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and diverse culture at work that hears every voice

What You Can Expect

• Collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders at various levels around the world.
• Be an integral part of streamlining processes and identifying efficiencies.
• Communicate with key stakeholders and leadership.

We will count on you to

• Serve as a trusted advisor to various levels of Company management on a broad range of Marsh’s brokerage and risk advisory businesses in Türkiye
• Handle the drafting, review and negotiation of a wide range of contracts, including domestic and global client services agreements, RFPs with prospective clients, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, vendor agreements and technology contracts.
• Support the business in developing, drafting and negotiating strategic alliance agreements, joint marketing agreements and referral agreements with third parties, including in the reinsurance, cyber and technology space.
• Provide advice and counsel to the Company’s innovation initiatives as the business seeks to develop new products and solutions.

What You Need To Have

• A bachelor’s degree in law with 7+ years’ experience in insurance sector
• Fluent in both written and spoken English
• Energetic, self-motivated and result-oriented
• Proficiency with MS Office applications
• Excellent judgment, excellent communication and negotiating skills, financial acumen, project management skills, and a willingness and ability to work as a part of a team.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Ability to effectively communicate with business colleagues and exercise sound legal and commercial judgment in providing advice and determining when to elevate issues.
• Keen attention to detail, excellent analytical ability, and discretion with confidential information.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, to handle multiple priorities, to prioritize assignments and to work efficiently.

Why join our team

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.