Legal Counsel

Corporate Counsel - Financial Services

📍 Brisbane, Australia
🧑‍⚖️ 2-5 Years PQE | In-House

Join a Collaborative, High-Performing Legal Team

At Allianz Partners, we foster a supportive and inclusive environment where our people are empowered to contribute, grow and make a meaningful impact. As a Corporate Counsel, you'll join a collaborative legal team providing practical, business-focused advice to support a dynamic and evolving organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer with a financial services or insurance background to step into a broad in-house role with strong stakeholder engagement and exposure to a wide range of legal matters.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Corporate Counsel - Financial Services, you will provide legal support across Allianz Partners' Australian business, with a focus on financial services regulation, insurance products, and commercial arrangements.

You'll work closely with a variety of internal teams, contributing to both day-to-day legal advisory and broader business initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Legal Advisory

• Provide clear, practical legal advice across sales, marketing, distribution, claims, and operations
• Identify and manage legal risk in line with business objectives

🔹 Commercial & Contracting

• Draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial and distribution agreements
• Support the onboarding of new partners and business relationships

🔹 Product & Business Support

• Assist in the legal aspects of product development and implementation
• Support underwriting agency management and business initiatives

🔹 Regulatory & Compliance

• Advise on compliance with financial services and insurance regulatory requirements
• Support regulatory change initiatives and engagement with relevant regulators

🔹 Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong working relationships across legal, risk, compliance and business teams
• Deliver clear and concise advice tailored to a range of stakeholders
• Provide training and guidance on key legal issues

About You

✅ Experience

• 2-5 years PQE
• Background in financial services, insurance, or regulated environments
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts

✅ Skills & Attributes

• Strong commercial judgement and problem-solving ability
• Able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Proactive, collaborative and adaptable

Why Join Allianz Partners?

🌍 Work within a global organisation across 34 countries
📈 Access ongoing career development and learning opportunities
🤝 Be part of a supportive and collaborative team culture
⚖️ Enjoy flexibility and wellbeing initiatives that support work-life balance

About Us

Allianz Partners is a global leader in insurance and assistance services, specialising in travel, health, automotive and home solutions. With a diverse workforce and international presence, we are united by a commitment to delivering exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers.

Apply Now

If you're looking to build your in-house career in a role that offers variety, responsibility and strong stakeholder exposure, we'd love to hear from you

97984 | Legal & Compliance | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent

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. 

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

 

Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.