Lawyer (He/She)

The Opportunity

The Lawyer (He/She) (Fixed-Term/Backfill position) is responsible for providing a comprehensive legal support to Met Life Czech branches, legal risk mitigation and solution oriented legal advice. This role is a partner to business, operations and other functions in navigating a highly regulated and complex environment.

Guided by our purpose – always with you building a more confident future – and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns and all-weather performance, this is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in various areas of law, work closely with respective departments/functions and further develop your professional expertise and personal growth within a collaborative, supportive and open‑minded team. You will be directly involved in providing legal solutions, while advising on complex regulatory and commercial matters in a dynamic and interesting environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Complex legal support and legal advice for branches of Met Life Europe/Met Life Europe Insurance in the Czech Republic

• Manage and support active and passive litigations, Financial arbiter cases, ADR cases and criminal proceedings

• Cooperate on handling of complaints

• Legal support for HR Dept. in labor related matters

• Cooperates on the local and global projects from the perspective of local and EU legislation/regulation

• Monitors legislative changes and case law in the assigned tasks and provides legal support for the implementation across the company

• Review of internal policies from a legal perspective

• Review of the contracts with business partners, distributors, service providers and other third parties

• Cooperation with external legal counsels

• Review of policy documentation for individual and group products (insurance terms and conditions, pre-contractual and contractual documentation)

• Handling of the data box

Required Qualifications

• University degree in Law in the Czech Republic
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in‑house legal role and/or in a law firm
• English language proficiency at C level (written and spoken), enabling daily cooperation in an international environment
• Experience with advising on commercial, corporate, customer protection, litigations and regulatory matters
• High level of personal integrity, accountability and professional judgment

Preferred Qualifications and skills

• Legal analytical skills, combined with a pragmatic, solution‑oriented mindset
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and deliver high‑quality outputs
• Strong communication skills

The expected salary range for this position is 1 020 000 - 1 080 000 CZK annually.

This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.