Part time General Counsel - City of London - Professional Services
- Employer
- Capability Jane Recruitment Limited
- Location
- London (City of), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £100,000 - £150,000 FTE
- Closing date
- 11 Dec 2019
Job Details
Our client, an exciting, new digital bank launching early 2020, is looking for a General Counsel to be their lead legal advisor.
This is a stand-alone, generalist legal role which offers the opportunity create the in-house legal function from scratch and to be involved at the highest level with an innovative and refreshing bank at a key stage in their journey to success.
Responsibilities are to include:
- Advise on all legal matters involving the Bank.
- Advise the Bank concerning transactions of business involving internal affairs, stockholders, directors, officers and corporate relations with general public.
- Supervise and co-ordinate all relationships with external counsel.
- Implement appropriate systems and processes to ensure compliance with legislation and regulation.
- Consult on legal risks.
- Provide professional, strategic and legal advice to the board of directors and board committees.
- Generate and maintain precedent agreements, contract management systems and other IT solutions.
About you:
- You are a qualified lawyer with 10+ years' post-qualification experience with the majority spent in financial services and/or technology.
- You have strong legal experience and expertise in corporate, regulatory and IT matters, with a focus on financial services and technology.
- You are able to identify key issues and legal risks and provide a structure and analytical response with a commercial lens.
- You have extensive experience and proven track record in hiring and scaling a legal team.
- You thrive when working in a fast-paced, high pressure, entrepreneurial environment.
Flexibility: 3 days per week, office based.
Location: City of London
Salary: £100,000 - £150,000 FTE
Recruiter contact: Jennifer Brooks
Company
Capability Jane is a unique recruitment company focusing on senior level part time and flexible working roles, We work across all industries and functions.
We work with forward thinking organisations who recognise the benefits of being able to access a different talent pool by providing genuinely flexible and part time career opportunities. We are working towards a world where flexibility, part-time and job sharing is the norm, not the exception and where organisations embrace innovative ways of working as a source of competitive advantage.
www.capabilityjane.com
- Website
- https://capabilityjane.com/
- Telephone
- 0845 604 1916
- Location
-
Church Lane
Oxted
Surrey
RH8 9LD
GB
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