Lawyer (He/She) - Civil Code Update

The Team You Will Join

In Government & Legal Affairs, you'll be an engaged and trusted partner - empowered to deliver innovative solutions, influence public policy, and achieve results that enable MetLife’s growth and protect its global interests. Applying a commercial and contemporary mindset, you'll advocate for what’s possible, overcome challenges, and embrace different perspectives. If you also pride yourself on acting with accountability, transparency, and respect, apply to join our Government & Legal Affairs team today.

The Opportunity

The Lawyer (He/She) (Fixed-Term/Backfill position) is responsible for providing comprehensive legal support to MetLife Slovak 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 MetLife Europe/MetLife Europe Insurance in the Slovak Republic

Handling active and passive litigations, ADR cases and criminal proceedings, if applicable

Legal support for various departments in legal matters

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

Participation in the new Slovak Civil Code implementation (participation in the project team, review of respective product documentation (pre-contractual, contractual, terms and conditions), legal advice to the project team members on various aspects of the insurance activities – new business, policy administration, claims handling, etc.).

Monitoring legislative changes and case law in the assigned areas and providing legal support for the implementation across the company

Cooperating on complaints handling (review of responses to the complaints where applicable)

Reviewing contracts with business partners, distributors, service providers and other third parties

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

Responsible use of AI tools to increase the efficiency of legal work (e.g., first-pass review of contracts and policy documentation, legal research, summarisation), always with human legal review of outputs and in line with data protection, confidentiality and internal AI governance requirements

Cooperation with external legal counsel

Required Qualifications

University degree in Law from a university in the Slovak Republic

Minimum 5 years of professional experience in‑house legal role and/or in a law firm

English language proficiency at C1 level or higher (written and spoken), enabling daily cooperation in an international environment

Experience with advising on commercial, corporate, customer protection, litigation and regulatory matters

High level of personal integrity, accountability and professional judgment

Ability to apply AI in high-value scenarios to improve effectiveness, quality, and business impact, while structuring work to combine AI with subject-matter expertise. Ability to select and use appropriate AI tools across tasks, evaluate outputs for reliability and risk, and adapt approaches based on complexity and sensitivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 36 200 - 42 000 EUR annually. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.