Financial Services Lawyer
Primary Location
:UK-LanarkshireJob Type
:PermanentPosting Range:06/02/2012 - 07/03/2012
Description
About Barclays Wealth
Barclays Wealth is a leading global wealth manager, and the UK's largest, with total client assets of £170bn, as at 30 June 2011. With offices in over 20 countries, Barclays Wealth focuses on private and intermediary clients worldwide, providing international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary services and brokerage.
Barclays Wealth is the wealth management division of Barclays. Building on 320 years of Barclays banking heritage, our mission at Barclays Wealth is to set a new standard in wealth management by understanding our clients better than anyone else. In pursuit of this objective, we hire and develop only the best people in the industry. We look for talented, tenacious individuals who seek opportunities for self-improvement and career progression. Our long-term agenda can only be achieved through close collaboration and a shared sense of empathy, integrity and trust.
Purpose of role
The successful candidate will be member of the Barclays Wealth legal team who are responsible for:
Providing proactive and innovative legal advice in relation to products, projects and resolving business issues,
Ensuring that all legal documentation (standard banking forms, credit facilities, documents related to financial products, etc.) and policies are properly drafted and maintained,
Managing client complaints, HR disputes as well legal proceedings initiated either by clients or the Bank,
Evaluating, highlighting, reducing legal risk across all businesses within the Bank.
Key clients (internal and external)
The position will involve interaction with the Front Office, the various infrastructure functions of the Bank as well as outside counsel.
Providing proactive and innovative legal advice in relation to products, projects and resolving business issues,
Ensuring that all legal documentation (standard banking forms, credit facilities, documents related to financial products, etc.) and policies are properly drafted and maintained,
Managing client complaints, HR disputes as well legal proceedings initiated either by clients or the Bank,
Evaluating, highlighting, reducing legal risk across all businesses within the Bank.
Key clients (internal and external)
The position will involve interaction with the Front Office, the various infrastructure functions of the Bank as well as outside counsel.
Core accountabilities
High net worth Client related activities: The successful candidate will advise the business on structured lending transactions and other banking activities; provide legal support with respect to the Bank's investment and fiduciary products and documentation; develop and maintain forms, procedures and processes as well as providing advice and support on individual transactions.
Third party management: As the department is relatively small, the role holder will be expected to advise in areas outside of his or her speciality. Where necessary, outside counsel advice will be obtained and managed.
Legal risk management: The successful candidate will identify and manage legal risk by establishing and reinforcing corporate governance and ensuring the business operates in accordance with the principle risk parameters adopted by Barclays Wealth. The successful candidate will work in coordination with Compliance and Risk to address key legal and regulatory developments and give legal support to projects affecting the entire wealth management area of the Bank by writing and implementing policies on cross-border legal and regulatory issues
Third party management: As the department is relatively small, the role holder will be expected to advise in areas outside of his or her speciality. Where necessary, outside counsel advice will be obtained and managed.
Legal risk management: The successful candidate will identify and manage legal risk by establishing and reinforcing corporate governance and ensuring the business operates in accordance with the principle risk parameters adopted by Barclays Wealth. The successful candidate will work in coordination with Compliance and Risk to address key legal and regulatory developments and give legal support to projects affecting the entire wealth management area of the Bank by writing and implementing policies on cross-border legal and regulatory issues
Professional/technical experience
The successful candidate will possess a solid working experience as a Legal Advisor within either a leading private bank or a law firm active in the financial and banking field.
Qualifications
Academic and professional qualifications
The successful candidate will be a qualified lawyer. A postgraduate diploma will be an advantage.
Language skills
The successful candidate will possess excellent command of English and French with strong written and verbal communication skills and will be able to communicate effectively across all levels. The knowledge of German, Italian or any other major European language is desirable.
Personal attributes
Pro-active, organised and conscientious, the right candidate will have a sound judgement and possess excellent problem-solving skills. A self starter, able to deliver quality results with a challenging, positive, influential style, the successful candidate will have the capacity to work under stress and tight deadlines, with an excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a sound commercial approach with the capacity to implement business solutions which balance local needs with Group requirements.
CLIENT FOCUS
Our clients are the reason we exist as a firm. We dedicate ourselves to understanding and empathising with our clients, and focus all of our activities to making a positive impact for them.
BEST PEOPLE
We seek to hire, develop and retain the very best talent from a diverse set of backgrounds. Each one of us strives to reach our potential through constant self-improvement.
TRUSTED
As a fiduciary business, trust is fundamental to all our relationships. To gain that trust we deliver on our promises and demonstrate sound judgement, honesty and integrity.
PIONEERING
We are committed to driving innovation across all our markets, so that we can set a new standard for wealth management globally.
WINNING TOGETHER
The way we win is through close internal collaboration - drawing on our collective talents, knowledge and resources and through fierce competition externally.
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