Legal Counsel FS Reg

About the Role

A leading global bank is seeking a skilled Legal Counsel European and German financial services regulatory experience. You will support regulatory advice across a broad range of frameworks. There will be a mix of transactional, trading and regulatory matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Support drafting, negotiation, and execution of transactional and client documentation.

• Provide guidance on EU and UK regulatory frameworks, including EMIR and MiFID II
  
  

• Broader experience across hedging and financing structures, cross-border issues, and market structure developments is useful but not vital.

• Partner with trading, sales, compliance, and other key stakeholders globally.

• Assess legal and reputational risks and support new product development.

About You

• Qualified lawyer (England & Wales or another European jurisdiction).

• Fluent German and English (written and spoken).

• Minimum 3 years' PQE in financial regulation, specifically with EMIR, MiFID II.

• Experience with regulatory and transactional work in a financial institution or top law firm.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex issues clearly.

• Proactive, organised, and effective at managing competing priorities.

What We Offer

• High-impact work within a global investment bank.

• Exposure to sophisticated transactions and regulatory matters.

• A collaborative, international working environment.

• Competitive compensation and strong career development opportunities.

About the Role

A leading global asset manager is seeking a Legal Counsel to join its high-performing London legal team.

In this role, you will provide legal support across the firm's legal function with a particular focus on derivatives, trading, regulatory matters, and general advisory work. You'll work closely with portfolio managers, traders, compliance professionals, and senior stakeholders, gaining exposure to a wide range of products, strategies, and market developments.

You will have high visibility across the business with genuine scope to broaden your skills and grow your career. Withing a collegial environment that values expertise, judgement, and initiative.

About You

• Qualified lawyer (England & Wales or equivalent) with 3-7 years' PQE gained at a respected law firm or in-house at an asset manager, hedge fund, bank, or similar financial institution.
• Strong experience in derivatives, trading documentation, or financial regulation.
• Confident advising stakeholders and comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to manage a varied workload and take ownership of legal matters.
• Collaborative approach suited to a lean, supportive legal team.

One of the leading teams in this space in a sought-after institution. Feel free to reach out to Holly directly for additional info or apply to this posting.

We are partnered with a small international bank who are seeking a lawyer to join their legal team. This will be covering a very broad range of derivatives work across all asset classes. Different to other similar in-house roles you will have a lot of opportunity to be involved with other legal matters across other areas such as DCM.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate OTC derivatives documentation, including ISDAs, CSAs, GMRAs, GMSLAs and related agreements.
• Advise on capital markets transactions, including derivatives, collateral and financing arrangements for structured bond issuances.
• Support derivatives related policy development, regulatory initiatives and broader in-house legal matters.
• Provide strategic legal advice to senior stakeholders and collaborate with internal teams across Risk, Compliance, and Client Coverage.
• Liaise with external counsel and advisors to manage transactional and regulatory matters effectively.

About You

• Qualified lawyer with 2-10 years' post-qualification experience gained in a leading law firm or major financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of EMEA derivatives markets and the associated legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Proven experience negotiating complex derivatives and capital markets documentation.
• Excellent communication, analytical and negotiation skills, with a proactive and pragmatic approach.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.

What's on Offer

A collaborative, high-performing team environment with exposure to complex, cross-border transactions and the opportunity to develop broad in-house expertise within a respected financial institution.