Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel
Contract Type: Twelve month Fixed Term Contract
Salary Range: £64,000 - £96,000
Location: England, UK
Closing Date for applications: Thursday 8th May 2025
Senior Legal Counsel
Ageas is seeking a pragmatic and solution-oriented commercial lawyer on a Fixed Term Contract to join the Ageas UK in-house legal team. The role involves providing legal support to Ageas’s UK insurance business, focusing on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts.
Our Legal team operates as a business partner, and as a Senior Legal Counsel, you will engage effectively with employees at all levels, working closely with senior management teams in the UK to build trust and confidence.
Main Responsibilities
1. Mitigate legal risks by drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts.
2. Offer legal advice on company, commercial, data protection, competition, intellectual property, and consumer protection laws.
3. Collaborate with directors, managers, and the compliance team on commercial contracts.
4. Liaise with external solicitors on legislative, regulatory, and contract-related matters.
5. Educate contract owners on contract terms and obligations.
6. Work closely with directors, managers, and the compliance team within the business.
Skills and Experience
1. Qualified solicitor or legal executive with at least 4 years’ experience in commercial contract work.
2. Experience in the financial sector is advantageous.
3. Collaborative, approachable, and solution-oriented.
4. Excellent contract drafting, negotiating, and legal research skills.
5. Ability to work under pressure and manage time effectively.
6. High level of written and spoken communication skills.
Benefits
Ageas offers a wide range of benefits, including flexible working options, health and wellbeing support, financial benefits, family support, tech deals, transportation schemes, and return-to-work programs. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, being a signatory of various industry charters and a Disability Confident Leader.
Join us and be part of a thriving, innovative company serving over four million customers. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and guarantee interviews for disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria.
To apply, click the ‘Apply’ button and join our winning team.
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