Senior Legal Counsel Europe Commercial Lawyer Financial Services

Role Description & Key Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional commercial lawyer to work within our European Legal Team who has a solid background in financial services. The role covers a broad range and variety of contractual legal and regulatory matters across multiple business areas but with a focus on FNZs European business its clients and supplier contracts. This role will require consideration of the regulatory aspects of FNZs regulated entities in Europe in particular FNZ (Europe) DAC an investment firm authorised in Ireland under MiFID with clients and business operations throughout Europe; exposure to working with financial services is desirable.

The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for delivering complex legal projects an analytical mindset and curiosity takes on ownership with minimal supervision as well as good organisational skills. This candidate can navigate a complex multi-facetted fast paced business and can link in with multiple teams across the business to generate the best legal and commercial outcomes for FNZ.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with the European and global legal teams and cross-functionally with internal stakeholders.

• Provide legal advice on commercial technology outsourcing and corporate matters in a financial services environment. Capital markets/brokerage knowledge is desired.

• Draft negotiate and manage a wide range of commercial and strategic contracts with clients for example MSAs for SaaS solutions suppliers and partners at the outset and during the life cycle of these contracts.

• Provide legal support (with the assistance of local jurisdiction external counsel) to FNZs European business operations including monitoring on legal developments in the region.

• Ensure supplier contract management workflows and systems are kept up to date and in line with regulatory requirements.

• Develop and implement contract templates and contract-related process improvements as well as internal policies.

• Support the drafting and maintenance of Group inter-company outsourcing agreements in compliance with relevant outsourcing guidelines in a regulated context.

• Manage relationships with key external legal advisers.

Experience required

• Admitted as a solicitor/barrister with bar admission in an EU jurisdiction with 10 years post qualification experience in a commercial/financial services environment in private practice for a big four or in-house in the financial services sector. Experience and working knowledge of both civil and common law principles is desirable.

• Strong contract review and drafting skills combined with a practical approach to contract negotiation and ability to influence and provide direction on complex agreements in particular technology contracts in the financial services industry (SaaS business process outsourcing managed services SLAs). Proficiency in English required and ideally in other languages desirable.

• Experienced in the regulated financial services sector in the EU and in particular Ireland Luxembourg; having good knowledge of European and ideally Irish and Luxembourg financial services law its regulatory framework and how this affects contractual regulations operations and outsourcing.

• Fintech exposure and Financial Services sector experience gained with or within a MiFID investment firm or regulated bank desirable ideally with an operations/product understanding.

Personal Attributes

• Team player and self-directing energetic and resilient curiosity with a flair for cutting-edge technology; strong communication and interpersonal skills articulate and delivery focused with strong commercial acumen and strategic awareness

• Ability to work collaboratively and autonomously in a fast-paced dynamic environment and to manage the work efficiently. Enthusiasm for taking on new responsibilities even if outside areas of expertise.

About FNZ

FNZ is a global FinTech firm transforming the way financial institutions serve their wealth management customers. It partners with banks insurers and asset managers to help consumers better achieve their financial goals. FNZs technology transaction and custody services enable their clients to provide best-in-class wealth management solutions to financial advisers end-investors and the workplace that are efficient flexible transparent and scalable supporting market demographic and regulatory trends worldwide.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the worlds leading financial institutions with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.