Legal Counsel - Insurance Law

About the role

Manulife is hiring a Legal Counsel for its foreign-owned insurance company's legal department in Tokyo. The role reports to senior management and works closely with internal departments, handling legal advice, dispute resolution, project support and contract review.

Key responsibilities

• Answer legal inquiries and advice requests from departments based on insurance law, civil law (contract and inheritance), the Insurance Business Act, personal information protection law and dispute prevention and resolution, including deciding whether to involve outside counsel and handling external lawyers
• Support pre-litigation negotiations, lead ADR cases, handle litigation with outside counsel and coordinate with business units
• Advise on new projects and incidents within cross-functional teams and help them succeed
• Review daily contracts such as outsourcing agreements
• Organise and deliver internal seminars and other activities

Required profile

• Native-level Japanese and business-level English
• Japanese bar qualification
• Practical experience in corporate legal counsel or a law firm