Senior Legal Counsel

vor 1 Monat


Melbourne, Österreich JLegal Vollzeit
Senior Legal Counsel - Leading Australian Insurance Company

Add expected salary to your profile for insights

We have a new opportunity for a senior lawyer with significant professional indemnity experience to join a leading national insurance company that has an incorporated legal practice. The successful candidate will enjoy a flexible working environment with no billables, spreadsheets or BD and the benefit of working alongside top-tier lawyers in a high-performance environment.

This role reports directly to the Head of Legal and advise the group across a range of industries including engineering, property, real estate, IT, accounting, and professional services.

Core Responsibilities

  • Provide legal advice to a wide range of industries, including but not limited to, the construction, real estate and property sector through to IT professionals, architects and professional services
  • Be responsible for and have carriage of your own files, with support and appropriate supervision from the national team and Directors
  • Undertake a small amount of public liability claims work (approx. 10% of the role)

The Successful Candidate

  • Law degree with strong academics
  • Values-led legal professional with a minimum of 5 years’ post qualification experience
  • Knowledge of insurance law with significant professional indemnity experience from a reputable law firm
  • Background in defendant insurance litigation ideally with professional indemnity experience though other areas will be considered and training provided
  • Commercially astute with a genuine interest in building a successful career in professional indemnity
  • Strong client relationship skills and understands the importance of providing technically excellent advice
  • Self motivated and enjoys working on matters from end to end
  • Team player who appreciates the importance of collegiality and mentoring of more junior lawyers

JLegal Australia is a Specialist Legal Recruitment & Executive Search Firm. We offer a full suite of career opportunities for Lawyers, Company Secretary & Governance professionals.

Report this job advert

Don’t provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs.

#J-18808-Ljbffr
  • Senior Legal Counsel

    Vor 3 Tagen


    Melbourne, Österreich Defence Housing Australia Vollzeit

    Job no:493365Work type:Full TimeLocation:Head Office, Canberra, Adelaide, MelbourneClassification:Executive Level 1Defence Housing Australia is looking for two Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal Services Team in providing legal advice and assistance to the Chief General Counsel and other staff on a broad range of legal matters affecting DHA. These...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    Vor 2 Tagen


    Melbourne, Österreich Page Personnel Recruitment Vollzeit

    A (Senior) Legal Counsel vacancy within an international consultancy that focuses on renewable and sustainability projects and following significant growth and investment, is now expanding their presence in Australia. The Legal Counsel will take the lead for the commercial contract negotiations, procurement and support the local MD with strategic growth and...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    Vor 4 Tagen


    Melbourne, Österreich Defence Housing Australia Vollzeit

    Job no: 493365 Work type: Full Time Location: Head Office, Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne Classification: Executive Level 1Defence Housing Australia is looking for two Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal Services Team in providing legal advice and assistance to the Chief General Counsel and other staff on a broad range of legal matters affecting DHA....

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    Vor 2 Tagen


    Melbourne, Österreich Page Personnel Recruitment Vollzeit

    A (Senior) Legal Counsel vacancy within an international consultancy that focuses on renewable and sustainability projects and following significant growth and investment, is now expanding their presence in Australia. The Legal Counsel will take the lead for the commercial contract negotiations, procurement and support the local MD with strategic growth and...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Hostplus Pty Vollzeit

    How will you make an impact?Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement?In this role you will provide invaluable practical and commercial legal advice, empowering us to achieve our strategic objectives while upholding the highest legal standards.The opportunityAs a Senior Legal Counsel at Hostplus, you'll be at the...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 2 Monaten


    Melbourne, Österreich Hostplus Pty Vollzeit

    How will you make an impact?Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement?In this role you will provide invaluable practical and commercial legal advice, empowering us to achieve our strategic objectives while upholding the highest legal standards.The opportunityAs a Senior Legal Counsel at Hostplus, you'll be at the...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 2 Monaten


    Melbourne, Österreich Hostplus Pty Vollzeit

    How will you make an impact?Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement?In this role you will provide invaluable practical and commercial legal advice, empowering us to achieve our strategic objectives while upholding the highest legal standards.The opportunity As a Senior Legal Counsel at Hostplus, you'll be at the...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Hostplus Pty Vollzeit

    How will you make an impact?Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement?In this role you will provide invaluable practical and commercial legal advice, empowering us to achieve our strategic objectives while upholding the highest legal standards.The opportunity As a Senior Legal Counsel at Hostplus, you'll be at the...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich ALSTOM Gruppe Vollzeit

    Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Senior Legal Counsel - ProcurementDate: 29 May 2024Company: Alstom At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich ALSTOM Gruppe Vollzeit

    Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Senior Legal Counsel - ProcurementDate: 29 May 2024Company: Alstom At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich ALSTOM Gruppe Vollzeit

    Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content LinkSelect how often (in days) to receive an alert:Senior Legal Counsel - ProcurementDate:29 May 2024Company:AlstomAt Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich ALSTOM Gruppe Vollzeit

    Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content LinkSelect how often (in days) to receive an alert:Senior Legal Counsel - ProcurementDate:29 May 2024Company:AlstomAt Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 4 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Pact Group Vollzeit

    Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse, and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.Our promise is to create a...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Pact Group Vollzeit

    Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse, and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.Our promise is to create a...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 4 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Pact Group Vollzeit

    Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse, and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.Our promise is to create a...

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    vor 3 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Pact Group Vollzeit

    Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse, and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.Our promise is to create a...

  • Legal Counsel

    vor 2 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich MLC Life Insurance Vollzeit

    Job Description - Legal Counsel (2400005Z)Job DescriptionLegal Counsel-(2400005Z)DescriptionAre you committed to bringing your best to life every day?At MLC Life Insurance, we're proud of our history of protecting Australians for over 135 years. We provide flexible, affordable, and innovative insurance products to almost 1 million Australians. We're...


  • Melbourne, Österreich State Government of Victoria, Australia Vollzeit

    At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important cultural and recreational facilities and...

  • Legal Counsel

    Vor 6 Tagen


    Melbourne, Österreich lhh recruitment Vollzeit

    Our client, a leading company in the health care industry, is seeking a dynamic individual to join their in-house legal team based in Birmingham. As a Legal Counsel, you will play a crucial role in advising and negotiating contracts with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and delivering exceptional service...

  • Legal Counsel

    vor 4 Wochen


    Melbourne, Österreich Birchal Pty. Vollzeit

    Birchal is Australia’s leading crowd-sourced funding (CSF) platform with a simple mission: to simplify fundraising so that forward-thinking businesses can build communities of engaged supporters and get back to shaping the future we all want. Our robust digital platform enables start-ups and growth-stage businesses to achieve their fundraising goals,...