Senior Legal Counsel CEE

At Allianz Trade we are committed to support our employees in every step of their professional journey, provide tailor-made development programs and open gateways to international opportunities. We encourage them to take ownership and accountability, and to dare to make a difference!

The Senior Legal Counsel - CEE will provides legal feedback from CEE countries in relation to any group or regional projects and will assure the corporate housekeeping in CEE countries and respective BUs. From a local perspective, the legal function areas include advise as detailed in the MainTasks. Direct report to Neur Legal.

What you do:

• Corporate law and governance(including company secretariat and appropriate filings with local autorities);
• Solvency II policies – adoption of any Group policies changes locally;
• Group legal reporting for CEE countries;
• Reporting on court cases involving an amount in dispute of at least EUR 1 million or fundamental issues;
• Antitrust law(review and advice of any local antitrust related situations and risks in a transaction);
• Sub-regional Antitrust Program Coordinator - APC; Monitoring and reporting of antitrust cases from CEE, if the case;
• Contact point on antitrust topics in CEE;
• Insurance supervisory law, including ensuring that local policies are compliant with both local insurance rules and contract law;
• Contract law(including NDA's and supplier contracts);
• Real estate law(review of tenancies/rent agreements and resolving disputes);
• Provides assistance and support to the CEE procurement team in relation to matters related to contracts, procedures and other legal matters;
• Resolving of disputes and legal complaints;
• Selection, intructing and overseeing external lawyers;
• Acts as a point of contract for the requirements raised by country managers or Region/Group and intermediates also the feedback from local lawyers; 15.Registrations formalities with the local Registries of Commerce;
• Handling audit/tax related Powers of attotney and other necessary PoA's;
• Fraud case legal support;
• Uploading changes in CEE laws and regulations into the LCM system;
• Usual contact point for domestic and foreign insurance supervisory authorities depending on an enquiry and local set up and coordination with Compliance;
• Contact point for law enforcement authorities in coordination with business functions concerned; Contact point to Allianz SE and Euler Hermes S.A. in legal matters.

What you bring

• Master's degree in Business Law
• 4 to 6 years of experience as a lawyer in an international law firm and/or financial services industry
• Strong experience in the financial services industry (bank, insurance, etc)
  Strong knowledge of financial regulatory activities 
• Ability to liaise with members of other core functions
• Fluent in English 

It is advisable to contact your Manager if you consider moving from your current position.

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. 
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.