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General Counsel

  • Location:

    City of London

  • Sector:

    LMA UK Compliance & Financial Crime

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Up to £80000.00 per annum + excellent benefits & bonus

  • Contact:

    Nikolai Balzer

  • Contact email:

    jobs@lmarecruitment.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH411815_1674843472

  • Published:

    about 1 year ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-02-03

  • Client:

    LMA

Role Description
Our client is growing and they are looking for a General Counsel to provide sophisticated and tailored legal advice and assistance on all aspects of the business and operational issues, covering governance, corporate and institutional legal matters.
The General Counsel will provide strategic legal services of the highest standard for the Board, the CEO, and the Executive. He/she will have the ability to command the confidence of senior stakeholders in both business and legal matters.
The General Counsel guides organisational priority-setting and decision-making and leads and ensures efficient and effective management of the Legal and Governance team, including its staff and financial resources. He/she works closely with other senior executives to ensure effective communication and information flow that facilitates smooth and predictable decision-making and enables the business to deliver to its objectives. This is a demanding and complex task and will require an experienced leader.
Responsibilities
* Presenting legal advice to company Directors, Board Members or Heads of Department.
* Preparing documents, evidence, arguments and identifying legal precedents that can be used to justify the company's decisions or actions.
* Establishing effective and best practice governance processes for the Board and its Committees (e.g. putting in place appropriate terms of reference) and ensuring the efficient administration of the Executive meetings and such shadow committees or similar bodies as are appropriate.
* Developing long-term strategies with senior management to keep the company's operations within legal spheres.
* Provide the necessary legal input on all transaction and contractual negotiations, responsible for protecting the company's interests in the documentation and ensuring that a proper due diligence exercise is undertaken.
* Assisting the company to move into new markets in countries with different laws and regulations.
* Leading the company's applications for regulatory licenses for various financial services.
* Coordinate the company's response to litigation or any potential legal challenges.
* Overseeing and managing external legal advisers to ensure delivery and value for money.
* Developing and training the legal team to provide sound advice across the company's areas of operations.
* Keeping the company informed and up to date on new laws and regulations that might be applicable to its business.

Skills and Experience
Essential:

o An experienced legal leader who has experience in leading a complex legal function and managing change and a track record in building strong corporate governance.
o An experienced lawyer with at least 15 years' PQE, with knowledge of corporate governance, commercial, corporate and company law, financial services, ideally Islamic finance and regulatory law acquired both in private practice and in-house.
o Provides authoritative risk-based advice in a manner that commands confidence of senior stakeholders.

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