Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracts (6 month FTC)
London
Legal – Legal /
Fixed Term Contract, Full Time /
Hybrid
About Us
The Titan Group is an active acquirer of asset managers in the UK and provides a broad range of services to Discretionary investment managers (DFM) and Investment Fund Advisers (IFA). We meet universal wealth and asset management needs by supporting the IFAs and DFMs we serve with innovative, quality and integrated solutions that drive efficiency into every part of the wealth management cycle.
Titan Wealth is a regulated wealth and asset management business bringing high quality execution and administration to this sector through leverage of the Group’s resources and technology.
The role
This role is a 6-month FTC focusing on commercial contracts, material outsourcing agreements within FCA requirements. You'll need to ensure that the Titan Group and its companies comply with financial and legal requirements, as well as maintaining its high standards of corporate governance.
Job responsibilities
- Manage commercial contracts, material outsourcing agreements within FCA requirements
- Develop and manage relationships with external law firms and ensure that any external legal resource is appropriate for the advice sought and cost effective.
- Oversee the Group’s best business practices and legal responsibilities as they relate to all operations in the delivery of service to customers.
- Ensure effective processes and systems for the execution of contracts and other legal documents by authorised signatories and that complete and accurate copies of contract documentation are kept and are accessible
- Training directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters
- Data breach reporting and act as the Data Protection officer
- Keeping up to date with any regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organisation
- Maintaining the company’s statutory registers
- Dealing with the administration of share transfers
- Ensuring all information is filed correctly at Companies House
- Ensuring that policies are up to date and are approved
- Providing support to the board or other committees on specific projects
- Coordinate the organisation’s response to litigation or any potential legal challenges
- To carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required
- Adhere to consumer duty
Education and requirements
- Minimum 8 years PQE, predominantly within the Financial services industry, ideally Wealth and Advisory
- Extensive experience with commercial contracts, material outsourcing agreements within FCA requirements, is essential.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well to colleagues at all levels, including Board-level senior management.
- Ability to prioritise complex and competing demands and remain calm under pressure.
- Highly organised
- Appetite for problem solving
- Strong oral and written communication skills with outstanding attention to detail and excellent drafting and proofing abilities
- Unquestionable commitment to maintaining confidentiality.
- Strong computer literacy with good working knowledge of MS Office
Our employees are talented people, distinguished by excellence. You will be able to demonstrate a willingness to embrace the Company values of:
Professionalism - how we treat our clients and colleagues.
Trust - embrace innovation and adapt to change.
Innovation - dare to create and don't fear failure.
Terms
Competitive salary
Hybrid working.
25 days annual leave + public holidays
A range of benefits which includes private medical insurance and Group life insurance, and income protection insurance
6% employer pension contribution
Further education and training support
Discretionary performance related bonus
Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
2 days per year for voluntary work
“Salary Extras” employee discounts
The Titan Wealth Group is firmly committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment for everyone who works with us, regardless of their race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical ability or disability, or political affiliation. We believe that having a diverse team allows us to create the best possible outcomes for our clients and team members. We strive to provide equal opportunities in all aspects of the workplace with respect to recruitment and career advancement, pay and benefits, training and development opportunities and other job-related activities.
