Senior Legal Counsel

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Swiss Life Group is one of Europe’s leading comprehensive life, pensions and financial solutions providers.

Within the Group’s International Division and with its two business lines, Swiss Life Global Solutions offers a broad range of tailored cross-border life insurance solutions to wealthy individuals for a suitable integrated wealth planning (Global Private Wealth Solutions) and to international companies to address the benefits needs of their local and mobile employees (Global Employee Benefits Solutions).

Swiss Life Global Solutions is located in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Zurich and Singapore.

At Swiss Life, our purpose is to enable people to lead a financially self-determined life. Join us if:

• you enjoy working in a truly international and entrepreneurial environment

• you have strong business acumen and are able to think consistently from the customer’s point of view

• you are willing to work in an efficient, committed and agile manner, in the best interests of our company

• collaboration, trust and self-development are key elements for you in your future position.

Swiss Life Luxembourg is currently looking for a Senior Legal Counsel for the Legal Department based in Luxembourg.

Reporting to the Head of Legal, you will cover a broad range of legal topics, in particular:

Your Role:

• Provide pragmatic and strategic legal advice to the different departments of Swiss Life Luxembourg, for both Private Wealth and Employee Benefits matters; identify and manage legal and regulatory risks in contracts and operations; ensure compliance with respect to distribution and documentation;
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of sophisticated legal documents, including insurance contracts, distribution agreements and SLAs;
• Handle complaints and litigations;
• Participate in internal committees, working groups and decision-making forums, contributing legal expertise to business initiatives;
• Monitor case law and legal developments, assess their impact, and advise Swiss Life on implementation;
• Liaise with external parties, including law firms, the authorities and auditors;
• Draft policies and internal guidelines and organize trainings on legal topics;

Your Profile:

• Master’s degree in law (mandatory); a Bar admission in an EU country would be appreciated;
• A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in a regulated environment;
• Strong knowledge of life insurance products;
• Excellent communication skills with legal and non-legal stakeholders;
• Business fluent in French and English (spoken and written); any other language (such as Italian or German) is a real asset;
• Strong organizational and prioritizing skills with excellent accuracy and attention to detail;
• Ability to handle high-value, sophisticated topics, with autonomy;
• Proactive approach, business acumen and strong team player.

Our Offer

• A varied work within a multicultural team where you can shape your career

• A company culture characterized by its agility, expert know-how, customer-centricity and collaborative mindset

• After trial period, home working is possible according to our internal rules

• An attractive remuneration package in line with your position and responsibilities, including fringe benefits such as lunch vouchers, pension scheme and additional health insurance