Legal Counsel @ international insurance broker

This is a high-impact Legal Counsel role within a fast-growing European platform of a large international insurance broking group. The business is undergoing significant expansion, driven by ongoing M&A activity and growth across multiple jurisdictions. You’ll join a lean, commercially focused legal team and play a key role in supporting strategic projects across the European business.

The Role

This is a broad, generalist, business-facing position focused on enabling the business rather than providing purely technical legal advice.

You will:

• Support multiple concurrent business projects
• Advise on commercial contracts and day-to-day legal matters
• Partner with stakeholders across multiple European jurisdictions
• Identify and manage legal and commercial risks pragmatically
• Support integration and operational initiatives
• Coordinate with external counsel where required
• Provide support across both the core platform and an associated MGA business

What Makes This Role Different

• High visibility with senior leadership
• Direct involvement in expansion activity
• Lean team structure- real ownership from day one
• Broad exposure across jurisdictions and business lines

Candidate Profile

• UK-qualified lawyer (preferred)
• 2–5PQE (flexible)
• Background in-house or private practice with strong commercial exposure
• Commercial and pragmatic mindset
• Comfortable managing multiple workstreams
• Confident engaging directly with stakeholders
• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Nice to have:

• Insurance or financial services exposure
• Cross-border experience
• Basic employment law awareness

Interested?

For an informal call, click ‘Quick Apply’ or reach out directly to Stephanie Jones — stephanie@heriotbrown.com.

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