Senior Legal Counsel - Reinsurance Contracts (Hybrid; 80-100%), London (GB)

Senior Legal Counsel - Reinsurance Contracts (Hybrid; 80-100%)

Are you a qualified legal professional with expertise in reinsurance contracts looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic global organization? Join our team at Swiss Re where you'll shape the future of complex reinsurance agreements while navigating evolving regulatory landscapes in the London market. This role offers you the opportunity to combine your legal expertise with commercial acumen to drive excellence in contract governance.

About the Role

As our Senior Reinsurance Contracts Counsel, you will be the designated legally qualified authority for complex reinsurance contract structures, ensuring regulatory compliance, enforceability, and legal risk mitigation. You will provide definitive legal interpretation and guidance while representing Swiss Re in external market forums.

Key Responsibilities

• Independent Legal Accountability - Act as the legally qualified sign off authority for complex and high value reinsurance contracts, providing definitive legal interpretation under applicable law.
• Complex Contract Structuring - Lead the structuring and negotiation of legally complex, multi jurisdictional reinsurance agreements while identifying and mitigating legal and regulatory risks.
• Regulatory Governance - Own alignment of contract wordings with applicable UK and international regulatory frameworks and develop contract governance standards.
• Strategic Market Representation - Represent Swiss Re in external market forums, industry associations, and regulatory discussions, influencing market standard contract language.
• Functional Leadership - Provide expert legal mentorship and technical oversight to junior team members while acting as an escalation point for complex matters.
• Technology Transformation - Provide senior legal input into contracts technology infrastructure and translate legal requirements into guidance for digital contracting tools.

About the Team

The Reinsurance Contracts function at Swiss Re plays a critical role in ensuring the legal integrity and compliance of our complex reinsurance agreements. Our team navigates heightened regulatory oversight and increasing complexity in multi jurisdictional contract structures, providing legally accountable oversight for reinsurance contracts in the London market. We work collaboratively with Product Centre teams and Underwriting teams to design and implement robust contract frameworks that protect Swiss Re's interests while facilitating business growth.

About You

You are a detail oriented legal professional with a strategic mindset and excellent judgment. You thrive in complex environments and can apply your expertise to solve challenging problems. With strong communication skills, you can influence senior stakeholders and represent the organisation externally with confidence and authority. You are passionate about mentoring others and contributing to team development.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Fully qualified England & Wales lawyer with 5+ years' experience either within a re/insurance company or in private practice specialising in re/insurance.
• Deep expertise in drafting, negotiating, and interpreting complex reinsurance contract wordings.
• Strong knowledge of UK and international regulatory frameworks relevant to the London market.
• Proven experience handling multi jurisdictional legal matters and high value, complex transactions.
• Strong ability to identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks within contract structures.
• Experience engaging with industry bodies, regulatory discussions, or market forums.

Compensation & Work Model

For the United Kingdom, the base salary range for this position is between £100,000 and £150,000 for a full time role.

Additional factors influencing the specific salary offered include:

• The requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role.
• The applicant's profile, including education, qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.

In the situation where you do not meet all the requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range. In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance based annual bonus.

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We value people's diversity and commitment to inclusive workplace values. Everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and develop professionally regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics.