Legal Counsel

Vitality Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative insurance firm in London seeks a full-time Legal role to provide high-quality legal services, focusing on EMEA markets. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of PQE and be skilled in reviewing and drafting diverse contracts and documentation. This hybrid position allows for flexible working patterns. The firm offers competitive bonuses, pension contributions, and health insurance in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Bonus Schemes

Pension contributions of up to 12%

Health insurance

Life Assurance covering four times annual salary

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ post-qualification experience.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines with changing internal briefs.

Responsibilities

• Support the business by providing high quality legal services.
• Review and draft a range of contracts and documentation.
• Provide advice and support to the global business.

Skills

Technical expertise

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Education

Practising Solicitor or Barrister with minimum of 3 years’ PQE

Job description

About The Role

Team – Legal

Working Pattern – Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role

• Technical expertise (reflected in the minimum PQE requirement)
• Ability to be able to communicate effectively internally and externally at all levels
• Ability to innovate and solve problems practically

What this role is all about

Supporting the Vitality Group business by providing high quality legal services, with a focus on Vitality’s partner markets outside of the UK (particularly EMEA). The role involves building a function that generates trust and confidence within its stakeholders and providing support to the Legal Team.

Key Actions

• Reviewing and drafting a range of contracts, including: strategic commercial arrangements (JVs, SPAs, partnership agreements); IT agreements; and general third party supplier agreements
• Provide advice and support to all areas of Vitality’s global business
• Undertake legal research as required
• Reviewing and drafting a range of documentation, including terms and conditions, product documentation and marketing materials
• Promoting and representing the Legal function across the organisation, ensuring strong working relationships between Legal and the whole of the Vitality business

What do you need to thrive?

• Practising Solicitor or Barrister with minimum of 3 years’ PQE
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines with loosely defined and changing internal briefs

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% – We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award‑winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We’re really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded Top 10 Best Places To Work in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!

Vitality is a multi‑award‑winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We’ve been a purpose and values‑driven business from day 1 – long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared‑value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.