The head office is based in Surrey, however, our client offers a flexible attitude to the working week and a split between home and office working is considered.
Our client, an established and award winning specialist financial services provider, have an exciting opportunity for a qualified lawyer to join the team, assisting the Group Secretary and the Director of Legal and Compliance with all aspects of the legal and regulatory requirements of the business.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to gain in-house experience and build legal knowledge within financial services.
Main duties:
- Understand and advise on various aspect of the laws and regulations applicable to financial service regulated businesses
- Review and propose update to various aspects of corporate governance
- Review of and/or drafting various commercial contracts with suppliers and third parties
- Assist in documenting investments and joint ventures and other commercial transactions on behalf of the business
- Handling or assisting in dealing with litigation and disputes where appropriate
- Assist on Non-Disclosure and Data Protection issues as required
- Research and write briefing papers on regulatory change
- Assist with the agendas, minutes and preparation of meeting documents for various committees and the AGM
- Assist in all regulatory returns and filings
- Make applications for authorisations by the regulators
- Assist in the reviewing and updating of policies and manuals
The successful candidate will have:
- Be a qualified lawyer
- Ideally strong knowledge with contract law