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About the Role

This role offers the opportunity to develop into a legal adviser across two specialist areas of law: competition law and trade & economic sanctions. You will advise on some of Swiss Re's most strategic initiatives, helping the business navigate complex competition and sanctions issues in relation to collaborations, transactions, new business models and cross-border projects.

Responsibilities

• Advise business teams globally on complex competition law and/or sanctions issues
• Provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice to business stakeholders
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Swiss Re's global Competition and compliance frameworks, including policies, guidance, legal standards and governance
• Monitor relevant legal trends and developments impacting the group's operations
• Engage and manage external counsel relationships
• Support group-wide, business unit and cross-functional initiatives by providing practical legal input on strategic projects and emerging legal and regulatory developments
• Help promote a strong culture of legal and ethical compliance through stakeholder engagement, knowledge sharing and collaboration across Legal & Compliance

Requirements

• Outstanding communicator, able to provide high-quality, timely and pragmatic legal advice, balanced with a clear focus on protecting the interests and reputation of Swiss Re
• Demonstrates sound judgement and strong commercial instincts
• Comfortable managing multiple complex cross-border matters
• Proactive and collaborative lawyer who enjoys taking ownership
• Works well independently and builds trusted relationships across the business and with Legal and Compliance colleagues
• Curious, adaptable and keen to broaden expertise, while delivering practical solutions in a fast-paced, international environment
• High level of ethics, integrity and professionalism is essential
• Proficiency in other languages in addition to English is desirable
• Experience delivering legal training or presenting complex legal topics to non-lawyers would be an advantage

Skills

• Competition law
• Trade & economic sanctions
• Legal advisory
• Sanctions
• Competition law
• Legal training
• Presenting complex legal topics

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum of 3+ years' post qualification experience in a financial crime legal advisory role with a specific focus on sanctions and/or competition law gained in a law firm and/or working as in-house counsel in a multi-national organisation

Education Level

• University degree and qualified lawyer admitted to practice in England & Wales or another jurisdiction within EMEA

Salary/Compensations

• 94,000 GBP and 140,000 GBP

Benefits

• Attractive performance-based variable compensation component
• Variety of global and location specific benefits

About the Company

• Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient.
• We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.
• Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients.
• This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world.
• Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking.
• We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics.
• In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
• If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

Equal Opportunity

• We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics.
• In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.