Client: Hays
Location: Zürich
Job Category: Other
Job Reference: 369e6c9ad424
Job Views: 10
Posted: 21.01.2025
Expiry Date: 07.03.2025
Job Description: Top Expert Legal Counsel (m/w/d)
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Responsibilities:
Support the ART business teams in the negotiation and execution of transactions and other deal-related activities and proactively manage all relevant legal and regulatory aspects of international transactions, including cross-border counterparty credit risk mitigating structures and collateral management.
Draft and/or review documentation relating to the company's insurance and reinsurance business (binders, slips, contracts, I&L Agreements, trust agreements, assignments, LOCs, and NDAs) against ART’s internal standards and business requirements.
Promote and maintain relationships with brokers and key business partners including participating in regular conference calls/meetings with key clients to obtain feedback on outstanding contract issues.
Provide solution-oriented and practical legal advice & support as well as functional guidance for management and business teams and monitor legal, regulatory, compliance & internal developments affecting ART LoB’s business.
Actively participate and provide actionable guidance in legal practice group and underwriting meetings for the ART business teams, and perform required legal sign-offs in line with ART Legal’s internal standards.
Support good governance within the existing UW Governance framework and coach the UW community on legal, regulatory, and general compliance topics.
Manage internal and external customer expectations; anticipate issues and concerns of internal customers and address them proactively and directly.
Ensure good knowledge transfer of relevant issues to other members of the ART Legal team and the AGCS Legal department, including material developments in laws and best practices.
Your Profile:
At least 10 years experience and qualified to practice law, in Switzerland or another German speaking European country, with at least 5 years experience in structuring and documenting complex, cross-jurisdictional financial transactions, focusing on insurance and reinsurance transactions (involving multiple legal entities in multiple jurisdictions) under English law and other governing laws commonly used in international (re-)insurance.
Excellent understanding of regulatory implications of cross-border (re-)insurance transactions and self-procured (non-admitted business), as well as familiarity with the principles of European regulations on financial instruments and capital markets (EMIR; MiFID).
Experience operating in regulated environments, including an understanding of internal control framework, as well as capital and compliance requirements under the Solvency II framework.
Able to work in an international matrix organization and cross-functional teams.
Ability to actively participate in client negotiations; solid understanding of key risk drivers and key economics typical for a complex reinsurance transaction.
Solid business acumen and broad understanding of economic drivers and implications of structured insurance & reinsurance transactions and other alternative risk transfer instruments, like sidecars, ILS and hedging in derivatives form.
Strong personality, ability to think holistically and willingness to contribute beyond own technical area of expertise.
Able to negotiate and draft legal documentation in English and German and proficient to communicate in another main European language.
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