Corporate Secretarial Counsel - EMEA

This job is with MSCI, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Your Team Responsibilities:

• The Corporate Secretarial Counsel - EMEA will provide strategic governance support and corporate legal guidance across MSCI's regional subsidiaries.
• The role partners closely with global Corporate Secretarial colleagues, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure robust subsidiary governance and effective Board and committee operations.
• This role also plays a key part in supporting strategic transactions, legal entity management, and regulatory matters while contributing to the development and leadership of MSCI's global secretarial function.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Governance & Board Support: Provide strategic governance insight for EMEA subsidiaries, including shaping Board and committee agendas and ensuring appropriate oversight. Serve as secretary to regional Boards, committees, and other governance forums as required. Ensure the global Corporate Secretarial teams maintain accurate legal entity information for regulatory, public reporting, RFPs and governance purposes. Engage and manage external counsel in a cost-effective manner, especially in non-UK jurisdictions.
• Corporate Advisory & Cross-Functional Support: Support the Corporate Secretary and collaborate closely with Corporate Treasury, Finance, Tax, Corporate Development, Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, and Controllership. Advise on corporate legal aspects of new office openings, entity establishment, subsidiary restructurings, and footprint rationalization across EMEA and other relevant jurisdictions.
• Legal Entity Management & Transactions: Oversee EMEA processes related to quarterly repatriations, tax restructurings, and broader entity rationalization initiatives. Lead EMEA corporate workstreams for strategic transactions and post-transaction integration in partnership with Legal and Corporate Development.
• Risk Management & Advisory: Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws. Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks in corporate governance and subsidiary management. Liaise with Regulatory Affairs on governance and regulatory topics affecting the region.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Training: Serve as a point of escalation on corporate secretarial matters and ensure appropriate, timely resolution. Respond to client, business, and diligence inquiries relating to MSCI's subsidiaries and corporate structure. Deliver training and guidance to colleagues to strengthen governance, risk awareness and ensure understanding of responsibilities associated with serving as a director or officer of subsidiary boards. Contribute to the leadership, development, and continuous improvement of the global Corporate Secretarial team.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel:

• Qualified Solicitor/Lawyer in England & Wales or another relevant jurisdiction.
• Minimum of (4) years of experience in a senior company secretarial or governance role within a complex international group.
• Strong expertise in UK and international subsidiary governance, ideally within financial services.
• Deep understanding of the Companies Act, Listing Rules, and related regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with FCA supervision and Senior Managers Regime helpful.
• Experience with restructurings and/or multi-jurisdictional entity rationalization is advantageous.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy, organization, and strong project management discipline.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly to senior stakeholders.
• High degree of professionalism, sound judgment, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Exceptional legal drafting, interpretation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to anticipate legal risks, communicate implications, and propose effective, business-aligned solutions.
• Skilled at managing both internal processes and external counsel across multiple matters.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous process improvement and operational excellence within governance functions.
• Demonstrated leadership experience guiding and developing global teams.

About MSCI:

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.
• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.
• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.
• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.
• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our platform, AI Learning Center, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.
• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision - to power better decisions. You'll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry. MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.