Legal Counsel in London

Location: London, UK – Hybrid 3 days onsite in a week initially and from March it will be 4 days onsite in a week
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Job Description:
The contractor will be responsible for working independently and as part of a legal team 6 lawyers on a wide range of legal and regulatory matters relating to the foreign exchange sales and trading business, the research business and the portfolio solutions business across the EMEA region.
The contractor will need experience working with sophisticated business partners and institutional clients in connection with these – often regulated – product types as well as experience in offering these product types in the EMEA region in a post‑Brexit environment.
Qualifications include:
Solicitor or barrister qualified to practice English law
Right to work in the
Extensive experience practicing in a major law firm/or in‑house working in the relevant product areas in EMEA
Specifically, expertise dealing with ISDA Master Agreements and related collateral arrangements, bespoke currency trading agreements, currency management agreements, outsourced trading agreements, brokerage agreements and research