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Legal Counsel

Rimes

London

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Rimes is seeking a Legal Counsel to join their legal team in London. This role involves supporting contract negotiations, compliance management, and providing legal advice across various departments. Ideal candidates will be English qualified solicitors with relevant experience in financial services or technology sectors, looking to thrive in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

AXA Gym Membership Discount

Healthshield Cashback plan

Healthshield Perks platform

MetLife Afterlife Support

24 hour virtual GP service

Annual 'purchase holiday' scheme

Chubbs Travel Insurance

Group Income Protection scheme

Death in Service Funds

Referral bonus

Qualifications

2-5 years PQE preferred but open to relevant experience.
Exposure to financial services or technology sectors.
Ability to communicate legal issues in a business-friendly way.

Responsibilities

Support global sales on contract negotiations and renewals.
Manage compliance with Contracts Policy.
Provide advice on intellectual property and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Contract Negotiation

Compliance

Intellectual Property

Data Privacy

Regulatory Compliance

Education

English qualified solicitor

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About Rimes

Rimes provides enterprise data management solutions to the global investment community. Driven by our passion for solving the most complex data problems, we provide our clients with investment intelligence that powers more than US$75 trillion in assets under management annually. The world's leading institutional investors, asset managers and service providers rely on Rimes to help them make better investment decisions using accurate information and industry-leading technology.

The Opportunity:

Rimes is looking for a Legal Counsel to join our friendly legal team. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will work closely with our sales, product, technology, information security and finance colleagues around the world. This is a broad role and offers the right person the chance to learn new skills in a collaborative environment.

What you will do:

Support our global sales and client account management on all aspects of contract negotiations and renewals, acting as their business partner - drafting, negotiating and advising on a range of client facing commercial agreements including data licensing, SaaS, data management outsourcing and associated NDAs, POC, contract variations
Manage compliance with our Contracts Policy and corporate governance framework and provide internal reports to the business on our legal risk position.
Support our data team on licence negotiations with our data partners
Negotiating supplier contracts (largely technology and software)
Support our Compliance Officer on company secretarial issues for our group companies around the world
Provide advice and guidance on intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory compliance matters (such as DORA, EU AI Act)
Manage the outsourcing of matters to external law firms where necessary

Who you are:

You will be an English qualified solicitor (or have the right to practice in England). We are also happy to consider candidates who are admitted to the NY bar. We envisage that candidates with between 2 – 5 years PQE plus will have the relevant skills / knowledge for this position, however this has been given as an approximate guide for applicants and we are happy to consider the applications of candidates who fall outside of this PQE range but who have the relevant experience.
You will have had exposure to the financial services or technology sectors. An experience and understanding of corporate matters or working on cross-border matters are helpful.
Must thrive on working as a team, in a dynamic and fast moving environment and be enthusiastic about learning new skills.
Have the ability to communicate legal issues in a business-friendly way and influence key stakeholders.
Organised, commercially minded and be able to think creatively to find solutions and get deals across the line.
In-house experience (which may have been gained on secondment) preferred but not essential. Knowledge of Salesforce, Agiloft or Confluence would be an advantage.

What We Offer:

AXA Gym Membership Discount
Healthshield Cashback plan
Healthshield Perks platform (Breeze)
MetLife Afterlife Support
Metalife GP 24 hour virtual GP service
Annual 'purchase holiday' scheme
Chubbs Travel Insurance
Group Income Protection scheme
Death in Service Funds
Referral bonus

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment – a minimum of 2 days a week in our London office overlooking the Tower of London

Our Values:

Client excellence
Innovation
Integrity
Empowerment

Only candidates eligible to work in the UK will be considered

Only selected candidates will be contacted for interviews. We appreciate your understanding. Thank you for considering a career with us.

Rimes is committed to promote the values of diversity and inclusion throughout the business. Whether it's through recruitment, retention, career progression or training and development, we are committed to improving opportunities for people regardless of their background or circumstances.

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