Interim Legal Counsel

Jupiter Asset Management; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jupiter is seeking an interim Legal Counsel to join its London-based Legal team for a 12-month period. The role will provide general legal advice across the business, with a focus on UCITS funds, Cayman platform matters, client investment contracts, and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will have 4+ years PQE as a UK solicitor, strong financial services experience, and a track record of handling international matters.

Qualifications

• Qualified UK Solicitor with 4+ years PQE in a leading law firm or in-house.
• Financial services expertise, preferably in asset management with UCITS/AIFMD/MiFID knowledge.
• Experience handling UCITS fund ranges and AIFs and related regulatory matters.
• Experience working across international markets where Jupiter has presence.
• Strong stakeholder management with internal teams and external advisers.
• commercially aware with proactive problem solving and ability to liaise with Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide general legal advice across the business, including UCITS funds and Cayman fund platform.
• Review and advise on contracts and client investment agreements; support distribution agreements.
• Liaise with external advisers and internal departments for regulatory compliance.
• Support FCA regulatory considerations and Consumer Duty where applicable.
• Develop and maintain legal department processes, precedents, and AI-assisted workflows.

Skills

UK Solicitor

Financial services

UCITS/AIFMD/MiFID

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Law degree (LLB/LLM)

Tools

AI tools

Document management systems

Job description

Background

This is an exciting opportunity to join Jupiter's Legal team in a 12-month interim Legal Counsel role. The Legal team has a strong reputation internally and externally as a high performing, multi-disciplinary, diverse team which contributes meaningfully to the key strategic priorities of the firm. The role will provide general advice on legal issues across the business including Jupiter's Irish UCITS fund range, Cayman fund platform, general contractual undertakings and legal/regulatory matters of the Jupiter business. The role requires strong collaborative relationships across Jupiter, aligned with our cultural values: passion for clients; think bigger; be tenacious; work together.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with other members of the Legal team, Product Development, Client Group, Compliance, Operations and other departments on matters relating to:
• Jupiter's Irish UCITS fund range;
• Jupiter's Cayman fund platform;
• contractual arrangements relating to client investments and fund service providers; and
• general legal/regulatory matters related to Jupiter's business and its fund ranges.
• Reviewing contracts related to Jupiter's wider business (including distribution agreements) and providing legal advice to best satisfy business requirements.
• Obtaining advice from external advisers as appropriate and liaising with internal departments.
• Advising on and assisting the business to comply with regulatory requirements working closely with the Compliance Department.
• Providing legal support on ad hoc projects as required.
• Assisting the other members of the Legal Department in maintaining and growing its processes and procedures including know-how, precedent database and AI adoption.

Desired Skills / Experience

Essential:

• Qualified UK Solicitor with 4+ years PQE (having qualified within a leading law firm).
• Financial services experience (ideally within the asset management team of a leading law firm or in-house role) with knowledge of UCITS, AIFMD and MiFID.
• Experience of working on full range of legal aspects related to UCITS fund ranges, AIFs and related ancillary matters.
• Practical, first‑hand experience of working in and across international markets (ideally including some or all of those markets in which Jupiter has a presence).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, both with internal partners and external providers and advisers.
• Positive, pragmatic approach to work, with strong commercial awareness.
• Familiarity with using usual software, document management systems and AI tools.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in an in‑house environment, whether on secondment or otherwise.
• Experience and some knowledge of the FCA Handbook, including experience of dealing with Consumer Duty considerations.

Values

• Commitment to high performance together with high integrity culture.
• Client‑centric approach to legal issues.
• Proactivity and positive approach.
• Be both guardian and valued business partner.
• Curiosity, including seeking opportunities to improve processes and practices with AI

Additional Role Details

• This role is subject to the Conduct Rules set by the FCA.

Don't meet every requirement? At Jupiter we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are interested in this role, but don't think your experience aligns perfectly with every listed requirement in the job description, we would encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this role.