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Senior Legal Counsel
Job summary
A financial services provider in Leeds is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to assist in areas such as lending and project finance. The ideal candidate will be a solicitor with at least 8 years of PQE in banking or corporate law, proficient in complex legal documents. The role offers a competitive salary of £120,000 to £125,000, generous holidays, and excellent benefits including a pension contribution up to 20%.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in banking and finance or corporate law.
- Interest in working in the financial services sector.
- Background from private practice or in-house.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to legal risk management framework.
- Act as subject matter expert on legal requirements.
- Review complex infrastructure transactions.
- Partner with stakeholders to mitigate legal risks.
Skills
Education
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel to join a bank based in Leeds. You will assist on areas such as lending, asset finance, equity and project finance and therefore you will come from a banking or corporate background.
Client Details
The client is a bank based in Leeds with a mandate to drive growth across the UK and help the government deliver on their clean energy missions. The client offers great support and development opportunities alongside competitive benefits.
The Senior Legal Counsel will get involved in a range of work and responsibilities including;
- Contributing to the development, implementation, and review of the legal risk management framework for a designated area of legal risk, including controls and identify opportunities for improvement to manage the risk appetite for the Fund in key areas of legal risk.
- Acting as the subject matter expert on existing and emerging legal requirements affecting designated business activities, (e. general lending, asset finance, project finance, equity, employment, public law etc) to ensure they are within the legal risk appetite.
- Reviewing complex, bespoke infrastructure transactions with the Fund providing debt, equity or guarantees advice and partner with key stakeholders to provide independent solutions.
- Acting as a trusted partner with key stakeholders across the Fund to identify, assess and mitigate legal risks and determine appropriate controls and resources.
The successful Senior Legal Counsel should have / be;
- A Solicitor with a background in banking and finance or corporate law
- Coming from a private practice or In-house background
- An interest to work in the financial services sector
- Ties to Leeds
- Proficiency in drafting and negotiating complex legal documents.
- Likely to be a minimum of 8 years PQE
- A competitive salary in the range of £120000 to £125000 per annum.
- Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days annually.
- An excellent pension contribution up to 20%
- Performance-based bonus opportunities.
- Comprehensive health care benefits.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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