Associate General Counsel

General Counsel - based in London (Full time, permanent) with dotted line to the US General Counsel for the Group but will broadly run the affairs independently in the UK, EMEA (Switzerland), MENA (Dubai), and Asia.
The nature of the role is such that significant visibility in the office is essential, so the successful applicant will spend most of their time working from the office, located near Moorgate (4 days minimum per week).
The potential BAU work covered is varied, ranging from drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and terms of business, to commercial data sales agreements, landlord and tenant, company law and financial services regulation.
Advice to key executive management (C-suite: CEO, COO, CFO and directors) on strategic projects (acquisitions, JVs, regulatory licensing and authorisation process in foreign markets/ jurisdictions, commercial real estate lease negotiations/ renegotiations for the firm's global offices on ad hoc basis).
Regulatory Horizon scanning in relevant geographical zones of business that may impact on the firm's activities (FCA, NFA, ESMA, MiFID, MAS etc. and relevant exchanges e.g. ICE Europe and CME)
A key area of focus will be drafting and negotiating bespoke employment contracts as well as dealing with and advising on employment law as and when required