Associate Counsel

The Associate Counsel will be responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts within the Client Contracting Team. Other responsibilities will include:

• Accurate drafting, negotiation, and coordination of contractual documentation for Institutional Clients.
• Facilitation and coordination of all internal SME stakeholders across different regions involved in the contracting process ensuring their comments flow through to the contract and requisite approvals are obtained.
• Partnering closely with various teams across the EMEA business to ensure contractual terms and minimise risk.
• Negotiating client documentation within the remit of the Client Contracting team, escalating appropriate risk where necessary.
• Supporting the sales team with contractual documentation queries.
• Communicating any contractual documentation changes to a client mandate to applicable internal stakeholders.
• Capturing and recording relevant non-standard contractual clauses on an ongoing basis and maintaining the contractual documentation database.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process and client experience improvements.

The Associate Counsel will work closely alongside stakeholders and other teams across the business as a good opportunity to get involved in other aspects of business structuring and operations.