In-House Legal Counsel – PART-TIME
- Recruiter
- EJ Legal Limited
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 13 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 11 Oct 2018
- Ref
- AC42023
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Financial Services, Insurance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
Our client is a major US reinsurer looking for an Assistant General Counsel to support its UK Life and Property & Casualty business in London. You will be the sole legal counsel in London but will work closely with the other legal teams in the US and Germany.
Your workload will be mainly non-contentious covering both life and non-life reinsurance issues and general commercial and regulatory matters affecting the business. Your responsibilities will include:
· Drafting and advising on a wide range of legal agreements.
· Advising on regulatory and other legal matters including corporate restructures, competition, trade sanctions, data protection, intellectual property, insolvency and scheme issues and anti-money laundering queries.
· Advising on potential and actual legal disputes.
· Helping to promote an understanding of legal issues and legal risk within the UK group, including through an ongoing legal and compliance training programme.
· Working with Group Legal Department and external counsel.
This is a part-time role working 3 days/week.
The ideal candidate will have either worked in an insurance/reinsurance company or worked in private practice for insurance clients. You will be a self-starter able to work on a range of legal matters.
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