Job title: Legal Analyst - Investment Banking

EJ Legal Limited; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank is seeking a detail-driven Legal Analyst to join their Group Treasury function. The role involves reviewing complex Treasury documentation, conducting legal due diligence, and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills and experience in Treasury operations. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive day rate for a 12-month term.

Benefits

Competitive day rate

Hybrid working arrangements

Opportunity to contribute to major Treasury transformations

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience reviewing Treasury/funding documentation.
• Working knowledge of liquidity and funding regulations.
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks like Basel III/IV, EMIR, and MiFID II.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyse, and track complex Treasury documentation.
• Conduct legal and contractual due diligence across agreements.
• Liaise with teams to resolve documentation discrepancies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Document control

Stakeholder management

Bilingual (English plus Spanish/French/Italian)

Job description

A great opportunity has arisen for a Legal Analyst to join a leading investment bank’s Group Treasury function, working at the intersection of Legal, Treasury, and Regulatory Change. They seek a Paralegal to support a large‑scale contract remediation and legal‑entity rationalisation programme.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team of former CROs, COOs, and regulatory specialists helping global banks strengthen governance, resilience, and compliance.

The role:

The successful Legal Analyst will review, analyse, and track complex Treasury and funding documentation to ensure legal, regulatory, and financial accuracy across the Group’s funding, collateral, and liquidity structures.

• Conduct legal and contractual due diligence across Treasury and funding agreements (ISDAs, CSAs, GMRAs, intercompany loan agreements, guarantees).
• Review and validate clauses linked to collateral, margining, and liquidity terms.
• Support Legal Entity Rationalisation (LER) and IBOR/SONIA transition workstreams.
• Liaise with Legal, Treasury, Risk, and Operations teams to resolve documentation discrepancies.
• Maintain a central contract tracking register and support compliance reporting.
• Translate complex legal language into clear, actionable outputs for business and technology teams.

About you:

You are a detail‑driven legal professional who connects legal detail with financial and operational impact. You bring strong analytical and documentation skills, thrive in cross‑functional environments, and are comfortable navigating complex Treasury and regulatory frameworks.

• Hands‑on experience reviewing Treasury/funding documentation (ISDAs, CSAs, GMRAs, GMSLAs, loan or repo docs).
• Working knowledge of liquidity and funding regulations (LCR, NSFR, PRA110).
• Understanding of Basel III/IV, EMIR, MiFID II, IFRS 9.
• Excellent attention to detail, document control, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ideally, you will also have experience in IBOR transition, entity restructuring, or contract remediation programmes.
• Multilingual (English plus Spanish/French/Italian) a plus.

What’s in it for you?

• Contribute directly to a major Treasury transformation within a global banking group.
• Work alongside senior legal, risk, and treasury experts.
• Hybrid working: 2 days in Canary Wharf, 3 remote.
• Competitive day rate and 12‑month term.

Apply today to be part of a high‑impact programme shaping the future of Treasury operations and regulatory compliance in global banking.

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