Transaction Lawyer/ Legal Counsel - Governance and Boards (m/f/d)

106495 | Legal & Compliance | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Services | Full-Time | Permanent

130 years of trust, time to shape what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,200+ people. Eight countries. Three continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.

Role overview

As part of Allianz Services GmbH's Legal Function, you will advise on corporate and governance matters, with a special focus on Board and Supervisory Board support, notarial transactions, and corporate housekeeping. You will provide business-oriented legal advice to enable sound governance, ensure the company's corporate bodies are supported professionally, and safeguard compliance with applicable corporate law requirements. You will team with colleagues from various geographies worldwide to coordinate cross-border governance and transaction matters.

What you do

• Prepare and organize Board and Supervisory Board meetings, including drafting agendas, resolutions, minutes and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate and support notarization processes, including preparing powers of attorney, coordinating with notaries, and handling related filings (e.g., commercial register).
• Support the maintenance of good corporate governance, acting as the central point of contact for the company's corporate bodies on procedural and legal matters relating to their functioning.
• Prepare, review and maintain corporate documents such as shareholder resolutions, articles of association, and corporate register extracts.
• Advise on corporate law aspects of transactions, restructurings, and intra-group reorganizations.
• Manage the corporate calendar and ensure statutory deadlines (e.g., filings, meeting cadences, reporting obligations) are met.
• Raise the level of awareness and understanding in the business for governance requirements, risks and mitigation measures, and act as a bridge between functions and the business on governance topics.
• Stay abreast of legal developments in corporate and governance law to provide proactive advice and support.
• Develop and maintain governance templates and playbooks, and contribute to upskilling the Legal Function, including on technical solutions and developments (e.g. GenAI).

What you bring

• German qualified lawyer or transaction lawyer/ Wirtschaftsjurist
• German and English: business fluent
• At least 2 years of proven experience in corporate law, transactional work, or governance support, ideally combining law firm training with in-house experience
• Solid knowledge of German corporate law (GmbH/AG), notarial process, and commercial register practice
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage recurring governance processes and deadlines reliably
• Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team, with a proactive and solutions-oriented approach to governance and transaction matters
• A strong interest in constant upskilling & learning
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with a positive, pragmatic, and dynamic approach to legal practice
• We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) andGenerative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. 

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer.

We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.

Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Great to have you onboard. Let's care for tomorrow