Description:
Our client is seeking an enthusiastic, commercially minded junior corporate and regulatory lawyer to join their in-house legal and compliance function. The overall purpose of the role is to support the Company’s Legal and Compliance Officer in their duties to meet all regulatory, legislative and statutory requirements, provide legal support and assistance to business units and client companies, and manage corporate secretarial matters.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Supporting the Legal and Compliance Officer in the implementation and monitoring of legislative and regulatory requirements as applicable to the Company.
- Support the in house legal function on legal matters relating to all aspects of the Company’s
- operations, including:
- providing support to all business units in reviewing, drafting, and amending legal agreements
- completing legal reviews of contract wordings.
- assisting in the preparation of CRO returns, board and shareholder resolutions as well as meeting documentation and minutes.
- providing legal support in disputes of a commercial law, employment law or regulatory nature
- Support the Company Secretary in their performance of all corporate secretarial duties
Skills and Experience
- Qualified solicitor, ideally having trained in a medium to top-tier Irish firm.
- 1 year PQE, ideally with financial services sector exposure.
- Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements is essential.
- Previous experience in analysing the impact of new legislation and regulation and undertaking compliance reviews would be ideal
- Exposure to providing legal advice and support to senior level management on highly technical matters.