Insurance lawyer

Overview

We are looking to recruit a non‑contentious lawyer with insurance and related regulatory experience to join the firm's growing Insurance team in either Edinburgh or London where they will work closely with the firm’s established City practice (ranked as Tier 2 by Legal 500). We would be interested in hearing from qualified lawyers of all seniorities, but ideally those with upwards of 2 years PQE.

Insurance Lawyer – at least 2 years PQE

Location: Edinburgh or London

Contract: Permanent

The Insurance team consists of 20 lawyers who focus on both contentious and non‑contentious work (the split being roughly 50/50). The team sits within our wider Regulation, Insurance and Funds team and works closely with our Corporate Financial Services team, providing opportunities for close collaboration and cross‑team/firm working. The primary clients are leading global insurers such as Allianz, Aviva, AXA, Bupa, Chesnara, Direct Line (now part of Aviva), Intact, Phoenix, Royal London, Scottish Friendly, Wesleyan and Zurich.

We also act for a number of broker groups and leading brand retail distributors.

The work will be both transactional and advisory, based around:

• Strategic partnership / bancassurance arrangements
• Drafting and negotiating distribution and outsourcing agreements
• Advising on retail and commercial product development
• FCA and PRA regulatory issues (including investigations and enhanced supervision projects)
• Drafting and advising on regulatory issues (e.g. permitted links) relating to insurer investment arrangements
• Cross‑border regulatory perimeter issues
• Reinsurance agreements (including captive programmes and supporting our Pension De‑Risking Team)
• Insurance business transfers (including by way of renewal rights)
• Insurance sector M&A

The candidate will have experience in some of these areas and should be flexible to handle general insurance and life/wealth insurance products. Liaison with other teams such as Corporate will be required for overlap on business transfers and M&A matters.

The successful candidate will be a qualified lawyer, ideally with upwards of 2 years PQE. They must be technically excellent, commercially aware, enthusiastic about business development, a team player with a strong client‑focused approach and excellent communication and organisational skills.

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees in 28 locations worldwide. We have a long‑standing reputation for delivering high‑quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures we can advise on complex multi‑jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.

We are recognised by commentators and market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business, the FT’s most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years), winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters’ leading legal brand in their UK index.

We have been recognised by Stonewall as a Top Global Employer, and as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023 for the seventh consecutive year. We are a Disability Confident Employer accredited by the Department for Work & Pensions and were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500.

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel they belong. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Please apply only via our recruitment portal.

For further details, contact our in‑house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam. Emails: