Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? In this role you will be responsible for providing legal guidance and thought leadership to the business. The overall objective of this role is to provide legal support, advice, and guidance to the business.
Shape your career with Citi in Dublin. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organization whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.
Team/Role Overview
This role requires a pragmatic, proactive attorney with thorough understanding of the Business, combined with a solid conceptual / practical grounding in the laws and regulations for the geographies in which we operate. Provides input into strategic decisions, exercising sound legal judgement to develop proactive, risk-appropriate, and commercially practical business-oriented solutions.
What you’ll do
- Provide legal guidance and expertise to the Depositary & Fiduciary and Funds Businesses throughout Europe on all product and product development matters including general advice and negotiation and drafting of transaction documentation, contracts and development of relevant templates.
- Carry out day-to-day legal activities, serving as a subject matter expert in area of responsibility and provide senior advisory services to business partners
- Partner with the Depositary & Fiduciary and Funds Businesses and the respective industry groups, individual regulators, ESMA and the European Commission to assess and implement new regulatory requirements.
- Assess legal risk and review policies and procedures and processing changes to mitigate risk.
- Advise the Depositary & Fiduciary and Funds Businesses on key legal/regulatory issues.
- Assist the Depositary & Fiduciary and the Funds Businesses to implement new initiatives including assistance with new product approval processes and RFPs.
- Manage the external counsel and relevant budgets.
- Technical legal research and analysis of regulations impacting the Depositary & Fiduciary and Funds Businesses advising on significant regulatory developments.
What we’ll need from you
- Be educated to degree standard and will have obtained an appropriate legal qualification; and well versed in financial markets law and regulation, including in relation to EU funds law and key regulations such as UCITS/ AIFMD.
- Specific UCITS/AIFMD regulatory and relevant transactional experience, plus significant experience in private practice and/or in-house of drafting, structuring and negotiating fund related documentation.
- Broad knowledge of financial services legal and regulatory issues globally and detailed knowledge of fund legislation across the EU.
- Understanding of fiduciary aspects of the rules, in particular the management of conflicts of interest.
- Excellent technical skills (including drafting skills), and analytical ability.
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication.
- Ability to prioritize and adapt to meet commercial objectives in a dynamic business environment.
- Capability to work collaboratively with others (across different functions and locations) and to proactively take individual responsibility for projects.
- Planning and organizational skills, attention to detail.
What we can offer you
By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.
Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.
Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.
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Job Family Group:
Legal
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Job Family:
Legal - Product
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Time Type:
Full time
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Citi Dublin, Dublin, IRL Office
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