Description:
Roles & Responsibilities (include by not limited to)
- Managing legal issues impacting the firm's expanding operations in the region and particularly in Australia, including various insurance, compliance, regulatory, employment, and commercial transactions and issues
- Interfacing with local regulators, including APRA, and helping to lead and support regional management with various aspects of licensing and regulatory applications, meetings, and presentations
- Assisting with all legal and regulatory aspects affecting operations in Australia
- Performing corporate secretarial and governance functions
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements appropriate to a variety of arrangements with producers, insureds, and third parties
- Managing miscellaneous corporate transactional matters, including entity formation, due diligence, securities, and financial matters
- Staying up-to-date and providing legal counsel on legal, compliance, and regulatory issues impacting the business in Australia and the Asia Pacific region
- Overseeing and handling regulatory prudential and conduct matters and activities of local operations to ensure compliance with regulators' requirements and standards
- Working with underwriting teams and product development in support of new transactions and product lines
- Providing legal support to local operational areas that support the underwriting business (i.e. Claims, IT, Finance, Contract Wording), as well as contributing to wider projects
- Handling other corporate and/or contractual matters as needed, including drafting, and reviewing non-disclosure and hold harmless agreements, software licenses, outsourcing and services contracts, leases and other contracts
Requirements:
Qualifications
- An Australian qualified lawyer with seven years minimum of relevant legal experience in a law firm and/or corporate in-house role.
- Desirable to have worked in non-life insurance-related matters in Australia.
- Ideally can act as Company Secretary
Knowledge, Skills & Competencies
- Strong organizational skills, analytical ability, and excellent writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects/priorities in a dynamic developing environment
- Strong work ethic, ability to self-manage and work in a team environment
Conditions:
Attractive package incl. bonus scheme and other perks
29 Jan 2025;
from:
michaelpage.com.au