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Group General Counsel

DAS UK Group
Bristol

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Job details

Permanent
11 days ago

Qualifications

Legal drafting
Contracts
Leadership
Negotiation

Full job description

About The Role

We are delighted to announce an exciting and rare new opportunity at Arag for a Group General Counsel.

Reporting to the Chief Customer Officer, the Group General Counsel is responsible for leading the legal function across the Group.

The role provides comprehensive and commercially focused legal support to the group including the Board, Executive Committee and senior stakeholders, overseeing litigation and corporate governance. The position operates in line with the legal requirements of the business while enabling commercial growth, managing legal risk, and supporting delivery of fair customer outcomes.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Take responsibility for the Group’s legal function across all areas of the UK Group and operate collegiately with our parent company’s legal and compliance function.
Enhancing the impact of the function and performance by identifying appropriate ways of working and introducing best practice as required.
Act as principal legal adviser to the Board and Executive Management Committee on:
- Commercial operations
- Corporate governance and Board matters
- Strategic transactions, partnerships and business growth
- Legal and conduct risk
Ensure delivery of high-quality, commercially focused legal advice across all areas of the business including:
- Insurance products and policy wordings
- Claims and litigation
- Distribution and partnerships
- Outsourcing and supplier arrangements
Ensure effective management of litigation risk across the Group, including:
- Oversight of high-value and sensitive cases
- Setting litigation strategy and risk appetite
- Monitoring trends, indemnity spend and outcomes
Ensure the Group maintains robust governance frameworks
Provide input into strategic and operational initiatives
Lead, develop and manage the Group Legal team to ensure high performance, capability and engagement

About You

What we need from you:

- - Qualified solicitor with significant post-qualification experience.
  - Proven experience operating at senior leadership level (GC, Head of Legal or equivalent).
  - Strong knowledge of:
    - Insurance law and regulation
    - FCA/PRA frameworks and Consumer Duty
    - SRA regulation (desirable given ownership of a law firm)
  - Experience of managing or overseeing litigation and legal services delivery.
  - Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
  - Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to influence at Board and Executive level both for the UK business and our parent companies.
  - Experience of corporate governance and working with Boards and Committees.
  - Strong negotiation and contract drafting skills.
  - Experience of regulatory engagement and managing complex legal risk.
  - Proven leadership experience managing high-performing teams.
  - Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

About The Company

ARAG UK has been helping businesses and individuals gain access to justice for over 40 years. It’s our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights.

Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas.

We have always been aware that it’s the people that really make it happen; the quality of our people defines the quality of the company, the service we offer and the good outcomes for our customers, so we’re committed to creating a great place to work for our employees.

We believe it is an exciting time to join ARAG. You can expect an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career.

By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do.

If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.

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