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Legal Counsel

  • Location:

    London

  • Sector:

    In-house Legal

  • Contact:

    Tevia Kretzmer

  • Contact email:

    tevia@rutherfordsearch.com

  • Contact phone:

    020 7183 0545

  • Job ref:

    KRT11733

  • Published:

    about 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-01-14

​Our Client

Our client, a global US hedge fund, are looking for a Financial Services Counsel to join their expanding legal team in London.

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Main Duties

Key responsibilities for this position will include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing general legal advice to the UK and EMEA Investment Management business.

  • Ensuring regulatory obligations are adhered to throughout the firm’s global branches and entities.

  • Researching, advising and acting on a host of investment management related regulations and their implementation.

  • Drafting and negotiating a range of industry related agreements including commercial contracts, NDAs etc

  • Instructing and liaising with external counsel when necessary.

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Your Profile

  • UK qualified solicitor

  • 2-4 PQE with experience ideally gained in an investment management firm or investment management practice.

  • Accurate knowledge of UK and European regulated entities is an advantage.

  • Sound judgement and commercial acumen

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills


For more information about this position, please get in touch with Tevia Kretzmer.
Email: tevia@rutherfordsearch.com
Phone: 020 7183 0545
ReferenceCode: 11733

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About Rutherford
Rutherford is a boutique search firm located in London. Our consultants are the executive specialists in compliance recruitment, and also in financial crime, legal and cyber security, all within the financial and professional services sectors in the United Kingdom and New York. We use our carefully-curated relationships, networks and market knowledge to find the best fit for the clients in hand. We work with a wide range of clients, spanning from advisors, management consultants, corporate and commercial banks, brokers, exchanges, MTFs and financial tech, through to global investment managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, investment banks and technology firms. We began as a compliance recruitment firm in London and expanded to offer new resourcing expertise across legal and cyber recruitment. We have been a leading legal and compliance agency in London for a decade and are excited about bringing our expanded offering into the technology area.

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