Senior Legal Counsel - Regulatory

Posted 11 hours 41 minutes ago by Jobtailor

Permanent
Full Time
Academic Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Advise on and interpret regulations issued by financial regulatory bodies, including the FCA and other relevant regulators, in conjunction with Titan Wealth compliance colleagues and external legal counsel where required (typically ex-UK).
  • Act as the primary legal point of contact for all regulatory legal queries and enquiries.
  • Act as the primary legal point of contact for developments and implementation of regulatory compliance programmes and projects.
  • Draft, review and negotiate agreements, contracts and other legal documents in line with current regulatory requirements, utilising external legal counsel when required.
  • Ensure the timely and effective communication of legal risks associated with regulatory developments to the relevant business areas.
  • Oversee the appointment and management of external legal counsel on regulatory legal matters ensuring that the advice and support provided is in line with budgetary requirements whilst ensuring that the advice and support provided is commercial, risk based and of high quality.
  • Oversee / monitor more junior members of the team (as appropriate) and be willing to take online management responsibilities.
  • Assist with enabling product launches, supporting new permissions, managing regulatory risk in integration and improving processes/template.
  • Working closely with the legal, compliance and vendor team.
Requirements
  • Legal qualification: 6 + yrs PQE with broad regulatory legal experience working within a regulated financial services organization and/or law firm
  • In-house experience is desirable but not compulsory
  • A well rounded, broadly based and highly regarded regulatory legal specialist with first rate academic credentials, demonstrable intellectual abilities and an excellent career track record to date
  • An in-depth understanding of the financial services industry and demonstrable wide-ranging regulatory legal expertise
  • A business oriented lawyer with the breadth of experience covering a broad range of legal and regulatory issues across the entire Group, individual business areas and central functions
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively see legal issues in their wider context and advise accordingly
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong organisational skills and judgement, excellent analysis, drafting and negotiation skills
  • Self-motivated to drive delivery against objectives and an ability to work autonomously and manage own caseload effectively
  • Willingness to learn and build good working relationships with internal stakeholders, identifying areas of improvement in relation to contractual documentation, policies, procedures and standards, working closely with Compliance colleagues
  • Accustomed to operating in a high-paced environment and with a successful track record of aligning legal priorities and business goals
  • An ability to provide commercial, risk based and incisive legal advice, guidance and support with sound legal judgement
  • Experience in vendor / platform onboarding (SaaS, custody, data providers), outsourcing and operational resilience, data protection / cross-border structuring.