Legal Executive

Meraki Talent Limited

Posted 6 days ago, valid for a day

Glasgow, City of Glasgow G62 6EP, Scotland

Full Time

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Meraki Talent is seeking a legal professional for a global banking client to provide legal support in treasury and liquidity management.
The role focuses on contract negotiation, legal risk management, and regulatory compliance, and is initially a 6-month contract with potential for extension.
Key responsibilities include drafting and negotiating securities services agreements, managing legal risks, and collaborating with cross-jurisdictional teams.
Applicants should be qualified solicitors or experienced Paralegals with expertise in securities services, structured finance, or banking law, along with strong contract negotiation skills.
The salary for this position is competitive, and candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Meraki Talent are working with a global banking client who are looking to appoint a legal professional to join their existing team. This role provides critical legal support to the treasury and liquidity management business, focusing on contract negotiation, legal risk management, and regulatory compliance. This is initially a contact opportunity for a period of 6months, however likely to extend. The key responsibilities will include;

Draft, review, and negotiate securities services agreements, including stock lending agreements, FX trading agreements and SFTR/EMIR reporting agreements.
Reconcile differences between Master Agreements as part of a post-merger project.
Lead legal working groups, collaborate with cross-jurisdictional teams, and liaise with external counsel on legal opinions.
Manage legal risks, conduct capacity checks, and advise on netting, collateral, regulatory, and insolvency issues.
Maintain internal systems, develop standard precedents, and provide legal training.
Support the transition of work to the Glasgow team, including process documentation, training, and stakeholder management.

Applicants should be qualified solicitors, or experienced Paralegal with expertise in securities services, structured finance, or banking law. This role will require applicants to have strong contract negotiation skills, and experience in legal risk management, regulatory compliance, and external counsel coordination. Apply Now Is this job for you? At Meraki, we love recruitment and love words. Is this you?Jennifer wants: Legal, Solicitor, Investment, Banking, Contracts'By submitting your information, you confirm you have read and understood our Privacy Notice which outlines how we use information we collect about you.”Please see our website page headed ‘Privacy Notice’ for an explanation about how we use information we collect about you’

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