Associate Legal Counsel (Temporary)

Are you a skilled legal professional ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic, global environment? This is your opportunity to bring your expertise to one of the world's leading reinsurance companies, working at the heart of Swiss Re's Slovakia operations. If you thrive on variety, value collaboration, and are passionate about bringing the law into practice, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

Please note, this is a 12‑month fixed-term position.

In this role you will provide critical support to ensure legal, regulatory and corporate governance requirements are met with precision and foresight. Focusing on Slovak entities and other group companies across the EMEA region, examples of key responsibilities include:

• Act as a trusted advisor, delivering clear, practical, and commercially sound legal, governance and regulatory guidance to stakeholders across the business
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and proactively advise management on their implications for Swiss Re's operations and strategy

• Coordinate management, board and/or shareholder meetings, ensuring highest quality documentation and follow-up

• Engage in corporate restructuring projects, contributing legal expertise to support Swiss Re's evolving business needs

• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of corporate information in central systems and corporate archives, supporting the accuracy of due diligence and information requests

• Develop templates, policies, and processes to strengthen legal frameworks and drive operational efficiency
• Manage relationships with outside legal counsel and notaries, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective external support

About the Team

The EMEA Advisory team and the wider Legal & Compliance Division support the business units, companies and jurisdictions. Our team thrives on trust, collaboration, and a supportive environment. We encourage diverse perspectives and innovative thinking.  We work closely with a wide variety of stakeholders to support the company's strategic objectives while ensuring robust governance and the highest standards of integrity across our operations.

About You

You are a confident, proactive professional with strong organisational skills and a commitment to upholding strong governance and integrity. Your ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy makes you stand out, as does your commitment to ethical business practices and discretion when handling sensitive information. You thrive in a collaborative environment but are also confident to drive matters independently. You demonstrate resilience under pressure, and approach challenges with enthusiasm and a solutions-oriented mindset.

We are looking for candidates with:

• Legal qualification from Slovakia or another European jurisdiction
• Minimum 3 years' post-qualification experience in a law firm or relevant in-house position
• Practical experience with corporate law and corporate governance matters, ideally with some exposure to financial services regulatory frameworks.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written)
• Experience working with digital systems, ideally those used to maintain corporate, legal entity or governance information, and confidence in learning new digital tools.

These are additional nice to haves:

• Experience in the re/insurance industry
• Experience in international companies
• Project management skills
• Additional European languages

For Slovakia, the monthly base salary range for this position is between 1,900 EUR and 3,200 EUR for a full-time role.

The specific salary offered considers:

• the requirements, scope, complexity, and responsibilities of the role,

• the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills, and experience.

In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus. Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

Our company follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be present in the office at least 50% of working time.

We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.

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About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

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