Senior Legal Counsel - Insurance

Senior Legal Counsel - Insurance

You will lead complex, high-impact legal work that supports key business activities, including strategic transactions, supplier arrangements, and enterprise initiatives. A key focus area will be coordination of insurance related topics globally. Working across functions and regions, you will provide commercially focused legal guidance, helping shape solutions that balance risk, regulatory requirements, and customer outcomes. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, influencing stakeholders and driving alignment across teams. Your work will contribute to consistent, scalable legal practices that support business performance and long-term value creation.

Find out more here about how you can unleash your full potential at DLL

Day to day

• Lead legal support for insurance, complex transactions and strategic business initiatives across markets
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to align on structure, strategy, and execution
• Shape negotiation approaches for complex commercial agreements and key supplier relationships
• Provide guidance on data, privacy, and regulatory considerations in business activities
• Resolve complex or novel legal issues requiring judgment across multiple disciplines
• Influence stakeholders to drive commercially sound and customer-focused decisions
• Support development of legal frameworks, templates, and consistent ways of working
• Partner with the commercial domain to deliver practical, scalable legal solutions
• Mentor peers and contribute to knowledge sharing across the Legal function
• Foster strong collaboration across the Legal network by encouraging shared responsibility, collective ownership, and aligned ways of working

All members enjoy

• Two working days per year volunteering for a local charity.
• Health and Wellness program including healthy food, free health checks, fun health & vitality activities.
• Flexible hours with possibility to work from home
• Career development opportunities: online learning, member development programs.
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Essentials

• Masters degree in Law from a recognised jurisdiction
• Significant experience in commercial, corporate, or transactional law. Knowledge and/or experience in insurance related topics or ability and willingness to gain any relevant knowledge of such on short notice is a prerequisite.
• Experience advising on complex, cross-border legal matters
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous and complex environments
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives
• Experience leading or coordinating cross-functional initiatives
• Strong negotiation skills in complex commercial or supplier arrangements
• Fluent in English

Choose wellbeing

DLL's wellbeing ambition is to educate, equip and empower members to build connections, manage their mental, emotional, physical and financial wellness and maintain balance between work and the other priorities that make up their lives.

Our four wellbeing categories are as follows:

• Connection - Build meaningful connections with other DLL members
• Health - Manage mental, emotional and physical health
• Finance - Provide learning opportunities to help members achieve personal financial health
• Lifestyle - Maintain balance between work and life priorities

These are the things that matter to our members and the wellbeing of our members matters to DLL

Good to know

• Deadline for application: October 25th (Due to high volume of applications this requisition may close prior to posted close date)
• The selection process may involve an assessment
• Applications via email will not be reviewed. Please apply online via our career website
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• DLL's referral program applies
• For more information, please contact our Regional Talent Acquisition Manager, Europe Willem Hessels via willem.hessels@dllgroup.com

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DLL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation in accordance with our values and all applicable legislation.