Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market’s brightest minds, working together for a braver world.
Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow’s progress isn’t limited by today’s risks.
Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that’s more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you’ll find a home at Lloyd’s – build a braver future with us.
The Role
This role is key to enabling the organisation’s strategic goals by providing high-quality, business focussed legal advice and support across a broad spectrum of commercial and corporate matters. Reporting to the Head of Commercial, Legal, you will work closely with the Legal Department leadership, to deliver clear, pragmatic advice on a range of legal matters across all areas of the organisation. You will partner with internal teams and senior stakeholders to drive business outcomes, anticipate and manage legal risk, and contribute to shaping a strong, pro-active in-house legal function.
Principal Accountabilities
Provide accurate, practical and timely legal advice on a broad range of matters, including [commercial contracts, corporate transactions, regulatory compliance (UK and overseas)]
Work collaboratively with senior leadership and other stakeholders across all functions to help deliver the Lloyd’s Strategy and provide legal and regulatory advice from an early stage or when requested, in projects and programmes
Identify, monitor, and mitigate legal risks associated with Lloyd’s operations
Communicate complex legal issues clearly and effectively to stakeholders across all levels
Develop and maintain legal resources, including templates and guidance documents, to improve efficiency and support the wider organisation
Manage multiple workstreams and priorities, ensuring timely delivery
Instruct and manage relationships with external legal counsel (where appropriate), ensuring cost-effective and high-quality support when specialist advance is required
Drive continuous improvement within the Legal team by constructively challenging existing ways of working, identifying opportunities to streamline processes, and removing operational friction
Contribute to an open and transparent culture of risk management and inclusive leadership
Skills
An assured self-starter with leadership capability, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Team-player but also demonstrates the ability to work independently
Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands
Strong commercial acumen, with a solution-oriented approach to legal advice
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal audiences
Strong collaboration, building trust and working effectively across departments and all levels within the organisation
Strong drafting skills across all types of legal documentation and the ability to create and deliver clear and concise written or verbal advice and to advise others on doing so
Strong negotiation skills with the ability to lead contract negotiations with confidence, securing commercially sound outcomes while maintaining strong professional relationships
Articulate, honest and authoritative in finding the right style and words to influence, challenge or motivate others
Inquisitive and testing; asks the right questions in the correct circumstances and then (if appropriate) acts on that information
Prepared to be the bearer of unwelcome or uncomfortable news with clarity and to seek to find solutions
Anticipates legal and regulatory challenges and opportunities and provides forward looking solutions
Analyses and finds opportunities to improve processes by identifying practical enhancements that increase efficiency and consistency
Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us – Lloyd’s aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in. One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website.
We understand that our work/life balance is important to us all and that a hybrid of working from the office and home can offer a great level of flexibility. Flexible working forms part of a total reward approach which offers a host of other benefits over and above the standard offering (generous pension, healthcare, wellbeing etc). These include financial support for training, education & development, a benefit allowance (to spend on our flexible benefits such as gym membership, dental insurance, extra holiday or to partake in our cycle to work scheme), employee recognition scheme and various employee discount schemes.
By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems.
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What We Do
Lloyd’s is the world’s leading marketplace for insurance and reinsurance.
Through the collective intelligence and risk-sharing expertise of the market’s underwriters and brokers, Lloyd’s helps to create a braver world.
