Legal Administrator in London

Since launching in 1989, CMC Markets (CMC) has become one of the world's leading online financial trading businesses. CMC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and serves retail and institutional clients through regulated offices and branches in 13 countries.

CMC offers an award-winning online and mobile trading platform, enabling clients to trade up to 10,000 financial instruments across shares, indices, foreign currencies, commodities and treasuries through contracts for difference. In Australia, the Group also offers stockbroking services.

• Providing administrative assistance to the Legal Team.
• Preparing precedent documents which include non-disclosure agreements, variation margin agreements, EMIR delegated reporting agreements, introducing broker agreements, powers of attorney, termination notices.
• Assisting with implementing comments made by external legal counsel into our legal documents.
• Document amendments – formatting, working with track changes, comparisons etc.
• Carrying out legal research.
• Assist with terms of business updates, including proof reading and formatting.
• Dealing with probate matters and new supplier set-ups.
• Assisting with the review of corporate accounts and marketing communications.
• Undertake such other duties and training as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

• Contributing to the provision of a high-quality legal service to the CMC London office and the wider business.
• Arranging for documents to be signed by company directors in accordance with the legal sign-off process.
• Manage the Legal Team’s contract tracker.
• Folder management and filing of documents and emails as required.
• Deal with all Legal Team invoices.
• Set up Legal Team meetings and organise Legal Team events.
• Process expense forms.
• Travel management for Legal Team members.

• Reviewing marketing content in conjunction with the GmbH and European Compliance Teams.
• Assisting the Institutional Team by preparing template agreements.
• Maintain personal/professional development to meet the changing demands of the role, including all relevant regulatory and legislative training.
• When dealing with all customers, clients or colleagues ensure that we provide a clear, fair and consistent high quality service that presents a professional and positive image of CMC Markets.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality.
• Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate in a concise manner.
• Excellent organisation skills.
• Ability to analyse legal documents for accuracy.
• Strong knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Ability to work well autonomously and as part of the team.
• Positive and pro-active approach to all tasks.
• Ability to speak and write English with business level fluency.

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.