Financial Regulatory Counsel

Our Team is challenging, surprising, fast-paced, and purposeful. Life at Bloomberg is many things, but it’s never dull. We’re a truly global business with a diverse workforce. We pride ourselves on being open, inclusive, and collaborative — and in providing a work environment that inspires our employees to be their best. At Bloomberg, we work on purpose, engaging in meaningful work that delivers leading-edge products and solutions critical to our customers.

Bloomberg’s Legal & Compliance Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. Our team consists of talented legal and compliance professionals who think creatively and work collaboratively to deliver results, drive innovation, and solve difficult problems. We are committed to a workplace where all employees can thrive regardless of background and where everyone feels empowered to make an impact.

The Global Financial Regulatory team provides coverage and legal support for Bloomberg's regulated entities and products, including support for non-regulated products and services. We influence the development of new products and regularly provide legal advice regarding their design and implementation.

What’s The Role?

Based in London, this is a great opportunity to join the Financial Regulatory legal team responsible for the global support of electronic trading venues for securities and derivatives across all asset classes, benchmarks administration, data reporting services, pre-trade analytics, post-trade services, research, information security, and enterprise risk.

In our team, you will have the opportunity to support products across the business, including electronic trading systems, benchmarks administration, and data reporting products. You could be asked to analyse, help implement, or advocate for change to UK, EU, US, and international securities and derivatives laws and financial regulation affecting Bloomberg's businesses, or draft and negotiate agreements with key customers. You will liaise regularly with senior business people, other legal counsel, our Risk, Negotiations, and Compliance teams, or other support functions.

We'll Trust You To

• Provide advice and help ensure regulated businesses comply with their regulatory (including conduct and prudential) and commercial obligations.
• Provide legal support and advice to various internal stakeholders including business, operations, compliance, risk, and sales and marketing.
• Help draft and negotiate agreements and regulatory responses.
• Develop your knowledge of securities and derivatives regulation globally to complement a highly-functioning legal team.
• Thrive in collaborating with colleagues to deliver first-class advice and execution to Bloomberg.

You’ll Need To Have

• A minimum of 2 years at a top-tier international law firm and/or in-house legal department of a multinational company, focused on non-contentious financial regulatory matters.
• Expertise in financial services regulation (both UK and EU prudential and conduct obligations) and/or securities/derivatives regulations.
• Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, thriving in an open office environment.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a diverse and fast-paced team environment.

Please note we use years of experience as a guide but we will consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the necessary skills for the role.

We'd Love To See

• Knowledge of regulatory issues relevant to broker-dealers, trading infrastructure, benchmark administrators, investment advisers, public and private securities offerings, and/or regulated businesses in the financial services sector.
• A secondment supporting an in-house financial regulation team.

If This Sounds Like You

Apply if you think we’re a good match. We’ll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are.