Allianz Insurance
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Job Summary/Purpose of the Job Allianz Partners is seeking a commercially astute and technically rigorous Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal function in Dublin. This is a high-impact, broadly scoped role offering genuine autonomy to a practitioner who combines regulatory expertise with leading-edge knowledge of privacy, AI, and digital regulation. Based in Dublin, you will provide strategic legal counsel across insurance supervisory law, health services applications, company secretarial matters (spanning EMEA and AMERICA regions), commercial contracts (including reinsurance treaties), and an expanding portfolio of privacy, AI and digital regulatory obligations.
You will work directly with senior stakeholders to identify and manage legal risk while enabling the organization to pursue its strategic objectives with confidence. The Senior Legal Counsel will report to the Head of Health Legal and the Legal Manager (Corporate/Regulatory) . The role requires strong communication skills and a proactive, solution-oriented approach to deal with legal matters and requires a robust understanding of the business models pursued by the LoB Health Key Responsibilities/What you do Privacy, AI & Digital Regulation GDPR, ePrivacy, DSA & EU AI Act compliance : Provide legal advice on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive and forthcoming Regulation, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act).
Monitor regulatory developments, advise on applicability to Allianz Partners’ products and services, and maintain a rolling compliance roadmap. Privacy-by-Design operationalization : Embed privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles into product development, technology procurement, and service design processes. Collaborate with product and compliance teams to operationalize legal requirements from inception.
Lawful bases and consent design : Advise on lawful bases for processing across the organization’s insurance, health and digital service operations. International data transfers : Advise on mechanisms for lawful international data transfers (SCCs, adequacy decisions, BCRs, derogations) in the context of the organizations’ operations spanning the EEA and third-countries. Vendor and partner data arrangements : Draft, review and negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs), data sharing agreements and joint controller arrangements with third-party vendors, reinsurance partners, outsourcing providers and distribution partners; ensure contractual alignment with GDPR obligations and Allianz Partners’ data governance standards.
Commercial Contracts: Draft, review and negotiate a broad suite of contracts: reinsurance treaties, insurance and non-insurance policies, insurance-related services agreements, recharge agreements, outsourcing agreements, supplier contracts, NDAs and SLAs. Identify and manage contractual risk; develop and maintain templates, precedents and guidelines incorporating current regulatory requirements, including privacy and AI-related provisions. Partner with commercial, finance and operations teams to align contracts with business goals, risk appetite and applicable regulatory obligations.
Company Secretarial Matters Maintain company secretarial records across Irish, French (EEA branch), Canadian and Qatari entities in compliance with applicable legislation. Manage Board and Committee meetings: agendas, board packs and minutes. Handle statutory filings with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) and equivalent authorities in relevant jurisdictions.
Advise directors and management on statutory duties, governance standards and best practice. General Legal Support Deliver pragmatic, timely legal advice across the organization; manage external counsel relationships and costs. Monitor legal, regulatory and industry developments, including in insurance law, data protection, AI regulation and digital services, and translate them into actionable guidance for business stakeholders.
Collaborate effectively with teams to ensure prompt and thorough responses to audit findings, focusing on legal implications and compliance with regulatory standards. Provide comprehensive assistance to the Legal Head of BU/Sub Region on various legal matters, contributing to strategic development, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance efforts. Key Requirements/What you bring A relevant law degree or a valid EU legal qualification are required, ensuring a strong foundation in legal principles.
A minimum of 7 years of experience, either in a law firm or in-house, with a focus on complex legal issues relevant to the insurance industry. Solid knowledge in diverse legal fields, including insurance contract law, corporate law, supervisory law, and litigation processes. Structured and analytical mindset to tackle complex problems while remaining adaptable to changing business environments.
Resilience Under Pressure. Foster strong collaboration across departments, effectively engaging with colleagues to achieve shared goals. Deliver clear, professional legal advice in both written and oral formats, particularly in contractual matters. Understand the intersection of legal requirements and business objectives, actively supporting Allianz Partners in achieving strategic goals.
Highly organized with the capacity to manage a varied and fast-moving workload across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory domains. Fluent Business English; proficiency in additional languages is advantageous. You work effectively in an environment shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data, analytics and cloud-based tools, using insights responsibly with our standards of data governance, security and ethical use.
Key benefits/What we offer Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey. We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs.
All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance. 109971 | Legal & Compliance | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world.
Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all.
And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. Join us .
Let's care for tomorrow.
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