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

• 09 September 2026
• 70 - 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Basel

08.09.2026

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

Your future at Orion - Protection juridique

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

To strengthen our specialized insurance law circle, we are looking for a motivated and committed person as Senior Legal Counsel in Insurance and Civil Liability Law (70 % - 100 %) immediately or by arrangement.

Your professional daily life:

• With us, you do not simply resolve legal cases. You advise, negotiate, and ensure complete legal protection for our clients with tailor-made strategies and creative solutions.
• You represent our private and corporate clientele and are the central interlocutor for external lawyers, opposing parties, as well as authorities.
• You draft legal documents and submissions outside the monopoly of lawyers and assume responsibility for high-quality case processing.
• As a senior legal counsel, you support your colleagues on technical issues and promote internal knowledge development.
• In addition to case processing, you can assume additional responsibilities, for example in the active development of our services and processes, the management of our network of lawyers, the mentoring of interns, or in projects.

What you bring:

• You possess a Swiss university degree in law (MLaw or lic. iur.); a bar admission or experience in a legal protection insurance is an advantage.
• You have several years of professional experience in insurance law and/or civil liability law.
• Customer satisfaction is important to you and you know how to convey complex issues in a comprehensible, pragmatic, and customer-oriented manner.
• With your pragmatic and solution-oriented approach, you develop solutions that are legally convincing and economically relevant.
• You are persuasive, flexible, and possess a keen sense of negotiation.
• In stressful situations and demanding cases, you keep a cool head.
• You communicate confidently and appropriately in German. Other languages, notably Italian or French, are a plus.
• You naturally and profitably use modern technologies as well as AI tools in your professional daily life.

What you get and why you will want to stay:

• A job that will never be boring.
• Lots of autonomy and independence.
• An open, appreciative, and trusting corporate culture with constructive feedback.
• Short processes and a team that truly lives humor and collaboration.
• A female manager who leads equally, supports you, and empowers you.
• Opportunities for development and training, both professionally and beyond classic legal work.
• Flexible working conditions with a generous possibility of teleworking.
• A modern workplace in the heart of Basel.
• Attractive social benefits.
• ET label: equality and work-life balance.

Convinced? We look forward to receiving your application at: jobs@orion.ch !

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