Senior Legal Counsel Insurance and Liability Law (70% - 100%)

About the job

Your Future at Orion – Legal Protection

Are you looking for a new challenge? At Orion, a growing legal protection insurer based in Basel and Lausanne, we shape the insurance world with a spirit of innovation, strong team spirit, and the ambition to create real added value for our clients. We believe in smart solutions and in people who act customer-oriented and think pragmatically.

To strengthen our team in the Insurance Law specialist group, we are looking for a motivated and committed individual to join us immediately or by arrangement as

Senior Legal Counsel Insurance and Liability Law (70% - 100%)

Your daily work:

• With us, you don’t just solve legal cases. You advise, negotiate, and ensure comprehensive legal protection for our clients with tailored strategies and creative solutions.
• You represent our private and corporate clients and are the central contact person for external lawyers, opposing parties, and authorities.
• You draft legal documents and submissions outside the lawyer monopoly and take responsibility for high-quality case handling.
• As a Senior Legal Counsel, you support colleagues with professional questions and promote internal knowledge development.
• Besides case handling, you can take on additional responsibilities, for example in actively developing our services and processes, managing our lawyer network, mentoring trainees, or participating in projects.

Your profile:

• You have a Swiss university degree in law (MLaw or lic. iur.); a lawyer’s licence or experience in legal protection insurance is an advantage.
• You have several years of professional experience in insurance and/or liability law.
• Your clients’ satisfaction is important to you, and you know how to communicate even complex issues clearly, practically, and customer-oriented.
• With your pragmatic and solution-oriented approach, you develop solutions that are legally convincing and economically sensible.
• You are assertive, flexible, and possess strong negotiation skills.
• You keep a cool head in hectic situations and demanding cases.
• You communicate confidently and appropriately in German. Additional language skills, especially Italian or French, are a plus.
• You naturally and profitably use modern technologies and AI tools in your daily work.

What you get and why you will want to stay:

• A job that is never boring
• Lots of personal responsibility and independence
• An open, appreciative, and trusting feedback and corporate culture
• Short communication paths and a team that truly lives humour and collaboration
• A manager who leads at eye level, supports you, and has your back
• Development and training opportunities, both professionally and beyond classic legal work
• Flexible working conditions with generous home office options
• A modern workplace in the heart of Basel
• Attractive fringe benefits
• Distinction AND: equality and compatibility of work and family life.

Convinced? Then we look forward to receiving your application!