Senior Legal Counsel
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Senior Legal Counsel – Regulatory
London based
Hybrid working
SSQ is partnering with a leading international banking institution to appoint a Senior Legal Counsel to support its Capital Markets business across Europe & Asia Pacific.
This role sits within the regional legal function and provides strategic, non-contentious financial services regulatory advice to a complex cross-border business operating through regional branches and subsidiaries. The position plays a key role in ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions, while enabling senior business leaders to achieve commercial objectives within a robust risk management framework.
Reporting into the Head of Legal for the region, this is a high-visibility position offering broad regulatory exposure and direct engagement with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide proactive, strategic legal advice on non-contentious financial services and regulatory matters across Europe & Asia Pacific, including day-to-day statutory interpretation, contract review and new product analysis.
- Monitor and assess legal and regulatory developments, advising on business impact, regulatory risk and potential opportunities, and ensuring regulatory change initiatives are approached proactively and strategically.
- Support the negotiation of regulatory-related provisions within commercial agreements and oversee engagement with external counsel across relevant jurisdictions.
- Lead and coordinate cross-border regulatory knowledge management initiatives and oversee product-specific regulatory advice in partnership with Legal and Compliance.
- Act as a key member of regional regulatory and governance committees, representing Legal at enterprise and regional forums and supporting corporate governance processes to ensure appropriate oversight and approvals.
Candidate Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer in England & Wales, or another EU jurisdiction, Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia.
- 5–8 years’ post-qualification experience within financial services regulatory law.
- Strong technical understanding of regulatory frameworks affecting credit institutions and capital markets businesses operating across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience advising on cross-border regulatory matters.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence decision-making at senior levels.
- Commercially minded, solutions-oriented and comfortable operating in a complex, fast-paced environment.
For more information about how to apply, please contact me for more information at Macey.Noble@ssq.com / 07506222628