Junior Mandarin Speaking Banking Lawyer – Global Investment Bank - Contract or C2P – Central London
- Recruiter
- Major, Lindsey & Africa – UK Ltd
- Location
- London (Central)
- Posted
- 02 Sep 2019
- Closes
- 30 Sep 2019
- Ref
- LCICC01
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice, In-House
- Contract
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Financial Services, Other
- Experience Level
- Junior Level, Mid Level
Junior Mandarin Speaking Banking Lawyer – Global Investment Bank - Contract or C2P – Central London
The Client
Our client is a global investment bank looking to take on a second financial services lawyer to support its leanly-resourced London legal function. The role will be an initial 6 month contract, with the serious potential of becoming permanent.
The Role
This is a broad role working alongside another senior lawyer within the organisation. Responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the general FS work within the UK and internationally;
- Providing legal support to management and business units regarding applicable laws and regulations and participate in new business process with the business and risk areas;
- Monitoring business activities and implementing specific measurements as necessary;
- Handling multiple projects simultaneously with careful legal analysis and attention to detail and within deadlines;
- Negotiating, drafting and reviewing of all day-to-day contracts in global environment and ensure compliance with the relevant authorities;
- Working closely with the Compliance team on regulatory surveillance and monitoring works;
- Providing legal and regulatory analysis on ad hoc matters, help drafting compliance related documents; and
- Interacting with non-legal members of the bank to provide advice on a wide variety of business and commercial decisions.
About You
You should:
- Have top law firm training;
- Have financial services experience;
- Be a UK qualified lawyer, with 1-5PQE; and
- Have Mandarin speaking skills (desirable, not essential).
This role is ideal for someone looking to work closely with the business on interesting and high-calibre work in a small legal team.
Email a copy of your CV to lucollins@mlaglobal.com for a confidential conversation.
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