Legal Director, Financial Services
This is a newly created Senior role, reporting directly into the General Counsel and one that will provide the successful candidate with a busy, fast paced and varied role. Opportunities like this are rare on the Irish market – you will join a leading financial services organisation in Dublin, and a genuinely interesting place to work from a legal perspective – with a strong success story behind it.
You will have 10+ years PQE, reflective of the seniority of the role, and your private practice and/or in-house experience will have provided you with a wide breath of experience across corporate, financial regulation, pensions, property and/or banking and finance. A financial services background is preferred, experience in advising regulated entities etc. You can engage with the Board with ease, you know how to apply the law and deliver solid and robust legal advice to C Suite.
· Support the GC on key strategic growth projects
· Advise on the implementation of appropriate legal strategy
· Development and management of the legal function
· Legal advisory – internal stakeholders and leadership teams
· Ensure that contractual terms are compliant with legal, regulatory and company policies and risk appetite
Experience in financial services is preferred, and the successful candidate will have a solid knowledge and understanding of the Irish regulatory framework. Wide experience in private practice and/or in-house in a range of disciplines is essential, with particular focus on corporate, financial regulation, employment, pensions, property and banking and finance.
This role is offered on a permanent basis. To discuss in confidence and to view a full job spec, reach out to [email protected] / 01-8295885 or apply via the link.