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Simmons Adaptive - Interim Insurance Lawyer
senior · Law
About Us
Simmons & Simmons Adaptive:
In today's dynamic market, our clients require versatile resourcing and talent solutions to adapt to their shifting demands and talent shortages. To address this challenge, we introduced Simmons Adaptive ("Adaptive") in London in 2014, followed by expansions to Hong Kong in 2022 and Singapore in 2024.
Adaptive serves as our flexible interim resourcing model, aimed at enhancing client relationships by offering a people solution that caters to both the Simmons & Simmons and our clients' requirements. Through Adaptive, we enrich our client service by leveraging a reputable network of external lawyers who are carefully selected, guided, and supported by our team.
As an Adaptive consultant, you will receive comprehensive support from the Simmons & Simmons team, including a sponsoring Partner and a dedicated client team. We encourage regular interaction with your team to foster a collaborative environment. Additionally, you will have access to the firm’s resources and expertise, along with opportunities for professional training and development within the Firm.
For additional information on the firm, please visit www.simmons-simmons.com
Main purpose of the role:
Provide legal advice on a broad range of insurance-related matters, including regulatory, commercial, and operational issues.
Review, draft, and negotiate insurance-related agreements and documentation.
Support business stakeholders on strategic initiatives and day-to-day legal queries.
Advise on regulatory developments and their impact on the insurance business.
Assist with post-acquisition integration activities, including legal entity, governance, policy, and process harmonization (where applicable).
Collaborate with legal, compliance, risk, and business teams across the organization.
Person specification:
Qualified lawyer with significant post-qualification experience.
Strong experience within the insurance sector, either in private practice or in-house.
Solid understanding of insurance regulatory and commercial matters.
Experience advising insurers, reinsurers, or insurance intermediaries.
Prior exposure to post-M&A integration, business transformation, or restructuring projects is highly desirable.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
Strong drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Why you should join Simmons Adaptive:
You will have access to high-quality roles and work within Simmons & Simmons’ market-leading clients.
You’ll have support from a Simmons & Simmons ‘sponsor Partner’ whilst on external assignment.
You will be given access to the Firms’ resources and Know-how when on assignment.
We will invite you to our in-person and virtual networking events exclusively for Adaptive consultants, along with firmwide webinars and events.
You’ll be given flexibility to work where and when you want.
You will have the backing of a leading international law firm.
Equal opportunities:
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.
Background screening:
All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm's policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.