In-House Counsel - Jersey

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to managing legal counsel and the wider In-House Counsel and Corporate Governance team
• Assist managing legal counsel, and where appropriate
• Support, and when necessary, provide advisory services to senior management on a wide variety of matters (which could include advice in connection with the operational boards and risk, corporate governance framework, legal and regulatory obligations)
• Know when to seek the support of, and liaise with, managing legal counsel and/or external professional advisers (including legal advisers)
• Assist managing legal counsel with the maintenance of key corporate and operational documentation, such as articles of association, shareholders agreement(s), intragroup outsourcing, services and licence agreements
• Support, as necessary, with the process of engaging clients, including responding to queries, drafting and negotiation of service agreements and terms and conditions, where relevant
• Assist with the co-ordination of the approval process for decisions to be taken by the various operating boards 
• Attend meetings of in-house entities/committees as and when required
• Provide support to ad-hoc queries received from the Global business.
• Review and advise upon certain contracts with third party suppliers, from a legal risk/commercial perspective
• Working alongside qualified data protection professionals within the In-House Counsel and Corporate Governance team, provide advice on matters of data protection
• Review and advise upon, when necessary on policies and procedures
• Be a key stakeholder and contributor to internal processes in order to ensure the business is meeting its regulatory obligations (e.g. outsourcing, third party supplier process etc)
• Contribute to innovative ways of working to ensure both the In-House Legal function and the wider In-House Counsel and Corporate Governance team are providing an efficient service to key stakeholders (e.g. assisting with the preparation of self-help guidance for the business)
• Such other duties as the business may reasonably require from time to time, including supporting the wider In-House Legal team through periods of absence (e.g. holidays)

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified lawyer of at least 4 years' PQE
• Experience of working within a cross-jurisdictional/offshore corporate and regulatory environment, an advantage
• In-house experience welcome but not compulsory
• Knowledge of AML legislation and framework, regulatory environments and data protection, an advantage
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Superior organisational skills with the ability to efficiently manage own time and prioritise workflow
• Supporter of change and have the ability to adapt to the continual roll-out of innovative tools and processes
• Supportive of and able to demonstrate agile and flexible working
• Ability to consider organisation-wide implications when making decisions