Legal Counsel London, England
Russell Investments
Full Time
London, England
70000 - 120000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Business Unit:
Global LegalJob Description:
Role Summary
This position reports to the General Counsel. The purpose of this role is to provide legal support to all aspects of the EMEA business including regulated funds in Ireland and Luxembourg, distribution, contracting for separate account clients and all aspects of financial services regulation.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to communicate well with people in a range of different departments within the company and at all different levels.
The responsibilities of the individual in this position include:
Regulatory & Business conduct
- Displaying exemplary conduct and living by our organisation’s Code of Conduct.
- Taking personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct across the business.
- Effectively and collaboratively identifying, escalating, mitigating and resolving risk, conduct and compliance.
Providing Legal advice and support to the company's EMEA business including collective investment products.
- Updating prospectuses for new funds, share classes, regulatory updates, changes to investment objectives and fund closures.
- Assessing what is required to market and / or distribute funds in different jurisdictions.
- Managing the relationship with external counsel in each jurisdiction.
- Putting in place agreements and managing relationships with third party service providers.
- Helping with more general advice on strategic issues when restructuring or merging funds and working on internal working groups.
- Applying legal knowledge in an Irish and Luxembourg funds environment.
Advising fund boards and maintaining relationships with the Irish board members.
- Applying relevant knowledge when dealing with Irish regulatory issues relevant to UCITS, AlFs and MiFID firms.
- Communicating effectively with senior executives and independent directors.
Providing Legal advice and supporting on company wide issues.
- Reviewing and negotiating investment management agreements, commercial contracts, service contracts and intra-group delegation contracts.
- Performing relevant legal research in order to meet the company's requirements.
Maintaining regulatory knowledge
- Working on regulatory projects as required eg ESG implementation.
The successful candidate will have extensive demonstrable skills and experiences including the following:
- Admitted to practice in the UK or another common law jurisdiction is required.
- Previous experience as a financial services lawyer is needed.
- Irish or Luxembourg regulatory experience is required.
- Knowledge of FCA regulations is needed.
- Knowledge of collective investment products and the law and regulation of those products in Ireland or the UK would be preferred.
- Highly motivated and a preparedness to learn new areas of law.
- Ability to communicate a complicated issue clearly and succinctly.
- Excellent drafting skills.
- Great ability to write clearly and distill complex ideas into clear wording.
- Spots errors and mistakes and is quick to rectify in a constructive way.
