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Assistant General Counsel

Employer
Barclay Simpson
Location
London (Central), London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
Up to £90,000 depending on experience
Closing date
11 Feb 2019

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Job Details

A rapidly growing challenger bank is seeking a lawyer for a brand new role within their legal function. This role will report directly into the general counsel and will cover a very broad range of work across the organisations 4 key businesses. This will be the banks 2nd lawyer so there is scope to get involved in work that lawyers at this level may not normally gain access to. 

The role will be very varied and will involve the successful candidate working on a wide range of things including business change, M&A, contentious matters, corporate advisory work, third party and customer arrangements and data protection. 

As a qualified lawyer with at least 2 years pqe you will have had experience in at least one of the following 4 areas, asset finance, savings products, mortgages or property finance. You will work across all 4 area which will allow for a very broad scope of work. Ideally you will have had training from a top city law firm and some secondment experience or a period of working in-house but this is not essential. The role will involve senior stakeholder exposure from the off so good communication skills are key.

For further information please contact Rebecca Garland via rg@barclaysimpson.com

 

Company

Barclay Simpson is dedicated to the recruitment of Legal, Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit, Treasury and Information Security professionals. With offices in London, Dubai and Hong Kong we have a truly global reach. Having been established since 1989, our reputation is built on an authoritative knowledge of our market and the objective guidance that we offer. The long-term relationships that we have built with clients and candidates throughout the banking, financial services and commercial markets are testament to this. Our specialist legal division advises lawyers on their careers both within private practice and in-house, covering financial services and the commercial sector. We strive to maximize our candidates’ potential through effective career management and identifying the most fitting roles available.We recruit qualified lawyers at all levels and work with a wide range of clients from large global institutions with extensive legal teams to small privately owned businesses looking to recruit their first in-house legal advisor. Within private practice we place finance, corporate, commercial, regulatory, insurance and projects lawyers into law firms in London and globally. We have a strong knowledge of the market and established relationships with leading US, International and UK law firms.Our in-house divisions in Dubai and Hong Kong recruit UK qualified, international and local lawyers at the mid to senior level into multinationals, regional conglomerates and financial institutions across Asia Pacific, Australasia, the Middle East and North Africa. For a more detailed picture of the current recruitment market or to discuss specific vacancies, please contact Jane Fry, Tracy Brown, Liam Hughes, Rebecca Garland or Callum Stuckey on 0207 936 2601 or email legal@barclaysimpson.com. For further information please visit www.barclaysimpson.com/legal-recruitment

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0207 936 2601
Location
Bridewell Gate
9 Bridewell Place
London
London
EC4V 6AW
United Kingdom

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