Berufsbezeichnung: Senior Legal Counsel

Arbeitsbeschreibung:
We are looking to hire a Senior Legal Counsel, EMEA to join our Legal & Compliance team in Zurich who will report to our General Counsel, EMEA. We are a global, diversified reinsurer with a local footprint who can step up to any challenge, while remaining small enough to be adaptive and responsive. Reinsurance is a relationship business and we continually strive to live up to the promise of our name, PartnerRe. We are a centralized organization and bring a more personal approach to the marketplace with a distinctive balance of technical skills and client focus, expertise and partnership. We are a true global organization with a multicultural workforce. In this business facing role you will be providing legal advice and support to European and Middle East business regions, assisting the General Counsel, EMEA in day to day activities and delivering projects, liaising with regulators to address regulatory queries. In more detail your responsibilities will be to: Provide transactional, commercial, corporate & regulatory legal support and advice to the business units and executive management of PartnerRe within Europe and the Middle East Support and manage regulatory projects and strategic initiatives from a legal perspective Oversee and manage material disputes / litigation Provide correct and timely assessment of legal and compliance issues and give customer focused and solution oriented legal advice, while retaining independence as legal adviser Identify, manage and mitigate legal, regulatory and reputational risks Enable the business to achieve PartnerRe’s strategic and commercial goals by providing legal expertise in an efficient and effective way Assisting the underwriting units as well as support functions on various cross-jurisdictional initiatives Support the General Counsel EMEA to manage the Legal and Compliance teams in EMEA About you We are looking for a technically strong candidate, who enjoys collaborating with internal and external partners, and seeks a challenging new job in a fast paced environment. As an ideal candidate you bring along the following profile: Swiss or common Law qualified Attorney / Solicitor with 8+ years post qualification experience Strong re/insurance and commercial experience – strong business facing background is essential International, cross-jurisdictional experience and exposure Strong regulatory experience and exposure with Central Bank of Ireland and / or FCA (former FSA), and / or FINMA SenPrior experience with the management of contentious matters Good project management capabilities “Open to change” and “can do” attitude Fluent in English and ideally German, other languages are an asset Strong interpersonal skills and communication style Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to work under pressure and on own initiative Previously demonstrated ability to work well within a team, and to build strong relationships with colleagues A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected

Wie Sie sich bewerben: sonja.dipizzo (at) partnerre.com

Angestelltenname: PartnerRe Holdings Europe Limited, Dublin