Group Legal Services (GLS) plays a key role in supporting the Bank of Ireland Group by managing legal risk and promoting strong governance. We are recruiting a Senior Legal Advisor to provide specialist legal advice on life assurance, investments and pensions, primarily supporting New Ireland Assurance and other Group companies. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with senior partners, influence business decisions and deepen your expertise in insurance and pensions law within a leading financial services group.
- Provide clear, practical legal advice to senior management and business colleagues on the law and regulation of life assurance, investments and pensions.
- Anticipate, assess and advise on legal and regulatory risks impacting products, services and pivotal initiatives.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and support the business in responding to a changing regulatory environment.
- Negotiate, draft and review material commercial contracts, including outsourcing, software licensing, investment management, custody, intermediary arrangements, pensions and reinsurance.
- Handle disputes, including complaints, claims and a small litigation portfolio.
You are a confident and trusted legal advisor who can translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, commercial advice. You bring strong experience in insurance, pensions and investment products, gained in a commercial law firm or an in house financial services environment. You are comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, building strong relationships and constructively challenging business decisions where needed. Your sound judgement, critical thinking and decision making skills help you navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. You are proactive, collaborative and motivated to stay current with regulatory and industry developments in Ireland.
Irish qualified lawyer with extensive post qualification experience in insurance, pensions and investment related legal matters.
Group Legal Services supports the Bank of Ireland Group across all business areas, helping teams deliver for customers while managing legal and regulatory risk. This role sits within a specialist legal team advising New Ireland Assurance and related entities. You will work with experienced legal professionals in a collaborative, supportive environment that values open discussion, continuous learning and professional growth.
This is a hybrid role, based primarily at Baggot Plaza. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in person to support collaboration and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.
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The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work life balance with a commitment to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions.
Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy along with working parent and carer supports.
Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches.
We also encourage and support colleagues to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career.
For Band 4 roles, we also support our Flexible Working Matching Promise, helping you balance work and life in a way that works for you.
We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.
Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
