Senior legal Counsel

Axiom, the leading global provider of on‑demand legal talent, is partnering with an international insurtech firm to support its Office of General Counsel. In this role, you will lead the legal and compliance agenda across Australia and New Zealand, serving as a strategic advisor to regional leadership. Your work will shape the organisation’s legal posture, ensure regulatory readiness, and guide compliant market entry throughout the ANZ region. You will also strengthen the company’s legal and regulatory foundations to support operational integrity and scalable growth, balancing risk management with business enablement to drive innovation and long‑term expansion.

Responsibilities:

• Provide practical legal guidance on Australian insurance, financial services, and regulatory requirements, including ASIC, APRA, and AFSL obligations, while supporting market entry across ANZ.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements such as NDAs, distribution agreements, addendums, renewals, and terminations.
• Advise on product design, distribution structures, customer outcomes, and regulatory developments to ensure legal, commercial, and compliance alignment.
• Act as the primary interface with regulators in Australia and New Zealand, coordinating filings, notices, responses, and required reporting.
• Implement and enhance compliance frameworks, governance controls, AFSL maintenance, conduct oversight, breach management, and operational compliance.
• Maintain accurate legal records, prepare research and reports, support Group OGC initiatives, and build scalable legal and compliance practices as the business grows.

Requirements:

• Law degree from a recognised Australian university, admission to practice, and 5–8 years’ experience in a law firm or in‑house legal team.
• Practical experience managing AFSL obligations for an insurance brokerage, including licence conditions, governance, representative oversight, breach assessment, and regulatory reporting.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal research abilities, with clear written and verbal communication that translates complex issues for commercial stakeholders.
• High accuracy, confidentiality, and reliability, with a proactive, pragmatic, business‑oriented approach and the ability to build strong relationships in a global environment.

Why Rejoin Axiom?

• Flexibility: Choose assignments that fit your lifestyle and career goals.
• Professional Growth: Continue to develop your expertise through diverse projects.
• Community: Reconnect with a network of forward-thinking legal professionals.
• Impact: Contribute to impactful work with leading global organizations.

 

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more.  Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.

 Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

 Learn more about working at Axiom.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

We understand that many legal professionals have chosen to adopt the consultancy model, and we are happy to discuss this option with you. We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster.  Contact us in complete confidence to find out more about opportunities to work with Axiom as an employee or consultant.

Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at [email protected] and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. 

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full privacy notice is available at https://www.axiomlaw.com/privacy-notice. 

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.

By submitting an application, you acknowledge that all information contained therein, and provided at any part of the application process, is correct and accurate to the best of your knowledge.

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