Legal Counsel

About the Opportunity

**Job Type**: Permanent

Application Deadline: 18 September 2023

Title Legal Counsel

Department Group Legal

Location Kingswood Fields

Reports To

Level Senior Manager

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Group Legal team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About your team

As Legal Counsel you will be advising the organization at a group level with an emphasis on corporate finance and commercial matters.

About your role
- Advising the privacy and commercial teams on legal related global data privacy issues.
- Advising and proposing solutions on regulatory issues and requirements impacting commercial agreements and supplier relationships.
- Pro-actively seeking to improve the preparation and approval of corporate and commercial agreements.
- Providing legal support to the regulatory reporting team for filings and breaches and coordinating external counsel advisers.
- Advising on financing and treasury transactions, including bank facilities, debt capital markets issues, and other financing documents
- Providing legal support to the Bermuda headquarters and the companies incorporated there, including reviewing a wide variety of legal agreements on behalf of FIL Limited and its Bermuda subsidiaries
- Coaching and developing paralegal member of staff
- Providing legal support to FIL’s IP team including in relation to trademark and domain name use oversight, infringement actions, oppositions and licensing
- Supporting the shareholder administration team, including legal support for preparing transaction documents
- Supporting strategic Group legal and regulatory initiatives
- Mobilizing and leveraging resources across the organization to deliver change.
- Participating in industry-wide round-table discussions on relevant legal matters on behalf of Fidelity.
- Assisting with coordinating litigation and arbitration matters, including managing external legal counsel
- Evaluating Group legal policies and oversight procedures and implementing improvements in a collaborative environment

About you
- Law degree from an accredited institution and appropriate professional qualification (solicitor, barrister, attorney) with at least 5 years of relevant experience at a law firm or in-house is mandatory
- High quality experience (in-house or in private practice) of legal issues and documents relating to corporate finance or financial services is essential.
- Required legal experience includes:
general corporate, commercial and financing matters asset management documents and transactions data protection issues some exposure to compliance and oversight issues some exposure to intellectual property issues
- Motivated attitude and the ability to prioritize tasks, strong organizational skills
- A self-starter and decision taker; open, confident and persuasive

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