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Senior Legal Advisor

Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Hybrid
Permanent | Full time
Closing date:  Jun 17 2026

Senior Legal Advisor

  • Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • Full time
  • Closing on: Jun 17 2026
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What is the opportunity?

Group Legal Services (GLS) plays a key role in supporting the Bank of Ireland Group by managing legal risk and promoting strong governance. We are recruiting a Senior Legal Advisor to provide specialist legal advice on life assurance, investments and pensions, primarily supporting New Ireland Assurance and other Group companies. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with senior partners, influence business decisions and deepen your expertise in insurance and pensions law within a leading financial services group.

In this role, you will:

  • Provide clear, practical legal advice to senior management and business colleagues on the law and regulation of life assurance, investments and pensions.
  • Anticipate, assess and advise on legal and regulatory risks impacting products, services and pivotal initiatives.
  • Monitor legal and regulatory developments and support the business in responding to a changing regulatory environment.
  • Negotiate, draft and review material commercial contracts, including outsourcing, software licensing, investment management, custody, intermediary arrangements, pensions and reinsurance.
  • Handle disputes, including complaints, claims and a small litigation portfolio.

What will make you stand out?

You are a confident and trusted legal advisor who can translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, commercial advice. You bring strong experience in insurance, pensions and investment products, gained in a commercial law firm or an in house financial services environment. You are comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, building strong relationships and constructively challenging business decisions where needed. Your sound judgement, critical thinking and decision making skills help you navigate ambiguity and competing priorities. You are proactive, collaborative and motivated to stay current with regulatory and industry developments in Ireland.

Essential qualifications

Irish qualified lawyer with extensive post qualification experience in insurance, pensions and investment related legal matters.

More about the team

Group Legal Services supports the Bank of Ireland Group across all business areas, helping teams deliver for customers while managing legal and regulatory risk. This role sits within a specialist legal team advising New Ireland Assurance and related entities. You will work with experienced legal professionals in a collaborative, supportive environment that values open discussion, continuous learning and professional growth.

This is a hybrid role, based primarily at Baggot Plaza. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in person to support collaboration and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.

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Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work life balance with a commitment to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions.

Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy along with working parent and carer supports.

Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches.

We also encourage and support colleagues to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career.

For Band 4 roles, we also support our Flexible Working Matching Promise, helping you balance work and life in a way that works for you.

Key Competencies

  • Manage Risk - People Manager
  • Customer Focused - People Manager
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  • Be Decisive - People Manager
  • Take Ownership - People Manager

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Your Journey, Our Support

We believe that embracing the perspectives of all of our employees is a value that connects us with our customers and our communities, and makes it an even better place to work. We're building an organisation that is welcoming to all, which enables our colleagues to thrive and reach their full potential. 

We are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We have recently partnered with Auticon, to improve inequalities in employment for neurodivergent adults.

Find out more

Our Gender Balance Network creates an inclusive space where colleagues of all genders can connect, learn from one another, and work together to achieve our gender balance objectives.

We support colleagues from all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. We want our colleagues to feel safe, included and experience a sense of belonging.

Our objective is to drive representation and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, promote bringing your whole self to work, and increase visibility across locations, regionals and mediums.

Read more about Inclusion & Culture

Flexible Working

We’re committed to giving our colleagues the flexibility they need to thrive. Our hybrid working model is central to this approach, enabling more productive ways of working while supporting a healthier work-life balance.

For roles that offer hybrid working, we typically ask that colleagues spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person. Specific working arrangements will be confirmed with your recruiter to ensure they meet the requirements of the role and the team you will be joining. 

Hear how flexible working has helped Helen find the balance that works for her:

Our Benefits


Every job at Bank of Ireland comes with...

Pay & Perks

Competitive pay package
Premium pension contribution
Pay reviews & profit-share scheme
Financial wellbeing coaches
Excellent healthcare contributions

Work-Life Balance

23 days annual leave
Flexible leave: buy or sell your days
6 months paid maternity leave
Fertility and surrogacy policies
Working parent and carer supports

     
Career Growth

Support for professional qualifications  
Award-winning career framework
Clear pathways for development and progression

Hear what San San has to say:

"At Bank of Ireland there’s a range of development programmes and supports. That brings fresh opportunities and the chance to futureproof my career."

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