Senior Counsel Legal Regulatory Affairs
Senior Counsel Legal Regulatory Affairs
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Job Description
Support the different internal departments and subsidiaries on existing and upcoming legal or regulatory issues. They provide legal advice on both local and international issues and work closely with Law firm to manage litigation and prelitigation.
Workplace: Milan Piazza degli Affari 6
Key role and responsibilities
The resource will be in charge of the following activities:
- legal support and advise to the entities of Euronext group and in particular to the Italian companies working closely with the wide legal and regulation team located in the various jurisdictions where the group operates. She/he will support the companies of the Group active in the post trading businesses (clearing custody and settlement) such as the CCP of the Group Euronext Clearing (Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A. and the CSDS such as Euronext Securities Milan (Monte Titoli S.p.A. and others CSDS located in Denmark Portugal and Norway.
Among others here a list of activities in the remit:
- management of passporting of foreign securities for Euronext Securities Milan;
- advise to Euronext Securities Milan on management of corporate actions (i.e of early reimbursement of bonds);
- Yankee bonds analysis of legal documentation;
- legal and regulatory analysis in the launch of new product or projects (i.e OTC clearing);
- advise and management of open access requests to CCP or CSDs;
- support clearing migration project of Borda Italiana markets to Euronext model as team member providing required assistance in legal and regulatory matters;
- general legal assistance in favor of the Euronext Group entities with respect to any matter concerning civil corporate commercial financial and bank law and advise on regulatory matters in particular on posttrade;
- drafting reviewing and negotiating contracts with providers as well as with clients and any other relevant legal documentation concerning Euronext Group entities;
- participating in the drafting of Rule Book of CCP and CSDs and related implementing measures including Instructions Annexes and market communications;
- developments of expertise on the regulatory and legal developments and in particular on EMIR Regulation CSDR Regulation and Italian domestic laws and legislations;
- attendance of meetings conference calls workshops and working groups in Italy and abroad with colleagues as well as external professionals in Italian and/or English
In so doing the lawyer will:
- partner with the business and other relevant support functions develop a thorough understanding of the commercial and strategic objectives of the Euronext group while managing the legal and regulatory risk exposure (i.e. understand the issue and produce viable and tangible solutions);
- think primarily group (i.e. assess the impact of any task on the rest of the Euronext group including the holding and sister companies);
- conduct rigorous analysis.
Key behaviours and skills required
The resource must meet the following requirements:
- degree in Law in Italy and if any Italian Bar qualification;
- deep knowledge of financial markets and of European and Italian laws and regulations such as MiFiD II EMIR CSDR d.lgs. 58/1998 and Consob and Bank of Italy Regulations;
- 6 years experience in (i) legal department of a bank or of investment firm with particular preference for security services bank or (ii) in regulatory or capital market departments of international or domestic law firm;
- fluency in both spoken and written English;
- strong team working attitude;
- good communication skills and flexibility to cover shifts.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race gender age citizenship religion sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability or any other legally protected factor. We value the unique talents of all our people who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.
Additional Information
This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks projects.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
