Legal Counsel in London

The Legal Department at OSTTRA is a small but robust team, and the position will report directly to the General Counsel. We are a highly trusted and dynamic team that works in close partnership with the business to help drive maximum results.

Together, we build, support, protect and manage high-performance, resilient platforms that process more than 100 million messages a day. Our services are vital to automated trade processing around the globe, managing peak volumes and working with our customers and regulators to ensure the efficient settlement of trades and effective operation of global capital markets.

This in-house legal counsel position is based in our London office. Primary responsibilities will be to work on a broad range of commercial and transactional legal matters in all areas of OSTTRA’s business. The lawyer will work closely with colleagues in the legal, sales, product, front office and core infrastructure and support functions. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a global team based out of London and to work with colleagues across multiple regions globally.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, draft and negotiate various commercial contracts, including procurement and support, real estate, software licenses, services, maintenance, web-based services, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements.
• Support sales and other business teams including shared services groups based in different regions, globally and provide them with innovative business solutions.
• Develop knowledge of multiple areas of the law, including intellectual property, privacy, and data protection to counsel internal clients on business and legal risks arising at all stages of the customer relationship.
• Analyse, evaluate, and provide input to product and client initiatives with a view to identifying and highlighting possible business and legal risks to management.
• Assist with various projects for OSTTRA's post-trade services, including client onboarding, commercial and jurisdictional issues, responding to regulatory requests and keeping abreast of post-trade regulatory developments in India.
• Liaise among business and various support and control divisions of OSTTRA, including IT, Tax, Compliance, Finance, Risk and Operations.
• Engage and manage outside counsel.
• Act as key member of team of commercial/corporate lawyers based in London, also with legal colleagues in the UK, US, India, Singapore, Sweden and Israel.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong academic background / legal degree preferred or conversion.
• Qualified solicitor or equivalent.
• 3 to 6 years experience of in-house and/or large law firm experience in a transactional practice.
• Must have an excellent command of the English language (both written and spoken).
• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills.
• Legal experience in negotiating and drafting commercial and other business to business technology and information related contracts – nice to have.
• Experienced in data protection and commercial matters – nice to have.
• Knowledge of data and software licensing, intellectual property, and commercial contract law required - preferred.
• Knowledge of English law (and New York law is a plus).
• Experience with technology, or financial services companies - nice to have.
• Proven ability to manage a variety of commercial transactions and special projects simultaneously.
• Ability to anticipate and respond to problems.
• Investigative, analytical and strategic skills.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated team player. Strong organizational skills.

You’ll be asked to work 3 days from the OSTTRA office.

The Location: London, United Kingdom

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. OSTTRA has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in-class benefits for families.