Job Profile: Senior Manager, Legal
About Us
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. Its how weve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.
Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services and our open-access model we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25, 000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEGs ticker symbol is LSEG.
Our People
People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential.
We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.
We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise.
As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.
Role Profile
We are looking to recruit a Managing Legal Counsel with a commercial and financial services background, a proven record of client service and a practical, problem-solving approach to support our businesses across EMEA, based in South Africa.
The successful candidate needs to be a hands-on, commercial contracts lawyer financial services experience (specifically advising on regulated benchmarks preferred) and will provide legal advice and expertise on complex matters with authority and autonomy providing support for both the Groups Data & Analytics Division (with a focus on LSEGs Benchmark and Indices business) and the Technology and Operations Legal team.
Key Responsibilities Of The Role
- Providing a wide range of legal advice and support to the business (with a focus on LSEGs Benchmark and Indices division), sales, technology and procurement teams in EMEA.
- Reviewing, drafting, revising and negotiating a wide range of agreements with customers, vendors, partners and other third parties, including data licenses, software and other intellectual property related licenses, SaaS, outsourcing, master agreements, term and conditions, non-disclosure agreements, and other complex commercial agreements.
- Advising and responding on legal issues related to the collection, usage and licensing of news/content/data/benchmarks and indices, AI and software services from multiple sources.
- Advising and responding on legal issues relating to regulations impacting LSEGs data products, in particular regulated benchmarks.
- Advising and responding on legal issues (in a financial services context) related to cloud computing, resilience regulations (including DORA) and other emerging technologies (including AI).
- Working with significant authority and autonomy to provide legal advice to internal stakeholders that may have significant implications for business performance, including in respect of litigation, regulatory issues, technology, vendors, intellectual property, privacy and cybersecurity matters, data misuse, and consumer complaints.
- Working on general corporate and licensing matters.
- Maintains close working relationship with relevant outside counsel and managed legal service providers.
- Sharing responsibility for maintaining, updating and revising contract template agreements, processes and playbooks, supporting on special projects where required.
- Acts as a trusted advisor regarding relevant markets, business strategies and operating environments to both the business and stakeholders, and identifies possible solutions to issues that arise.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of legal and regulatory developments that impact LSEG.
- Qualified lawyer with 10+ years experience in a legal position handling a broad range of commercial law disciplines; with related experience of financial services, in particular the UK and EU benchmark regulations
- Must be fluent in English with excellent written and oral communications skills to interact confidently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders strong contract negotiation and drafting abilities with the ability to understand and simplify complex concepts and issues.
- Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, operational and decision-making skills; comfortable with using technology to support these.
- Sound administrative and time management skills, with sharp attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage substantial projects and deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and capability to build strong, trusted and effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across different functions and cultures, positively influencing the behaviour of multiple stakeholders, and successfully balancing legal issues against pragmatic sound and commercial solutions.
- Judgment, tact and discretion when dealing with people and issues.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25, 000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyones race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
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