Managing Legal Counsel (12 months)

Join us as a Managing Legal Counsel

• This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior legal role within one of the UK's leading Private Banking and Wealth Management businesses
• You'll support Coutts & Co at a pivotal point in its growth journey, shaping legal decisions in a period of strategic expansion and integration
• You'll take on a high-profile role, partnering closely with senior leaders and influencing decisions in a complex, regulated environment
• We're offering this role for a period of 12 months

What you'll do

As our Managing Legal Counsel, you'll lead on high-quality, varied legal work, partnering with senior stakeholders within a collaborative, commercially focused legal team. Working closely with the business, you'll provide practical, clear legal advice that supports strategic decision-making and delivers strong commercial outcomes. You'll use your expertise across transactions and projects, so clear, efficient, and effective communication with stakeholders at all levels is consistently achieved. You'll play a key role during a period of growth within the Private Banking and Wealth Management business.

Your work will focus on:

• Providing proactive, commercially focused legal advice on wealth management and retail investment products and services
• Supporting strategic growth and integration activity, advising on key initiatives and helping to manage legal risk effectively
• Partnering with senior stakeholders across the business, including Risk, Compliance and Governance, to support informed decision-making
• Influencing decisions in a regulated environment, balancing commercial objectives with legal and regulatory requirements
• Driving improvements in operating practices and processes, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and reduce complexity

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with strong experience in financial services, with a deep understanding of the wealth management and retail investments products and services. You'll be confident operating in a dynamic environment, building credibility quickly and establishing trusted relationships with senior executives, colleagues and external stakeholders.

You'll bring:

• A strong understanding of the wealth and asset management sector, including the legal and regulatory environment in which it operates
• Proven leadership capability, with the ability to guide teams, influence direction and support high-quality delivery across complex areas of work
• The ability to identify and assess strategic, legal and reputational risk, providing clear direction on how they should be managed or resolved