[Hiring] Associate Director, Legal @MUFG Investor Services
Apr 07, 2025 - MUFG Investor Services is hiring a remote Associate Director, Legal. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: UK.
Role Description
The role is within the MUFG legal team and requires the provision of legal advice to specialist business areas such as FX Services, Fund of Fund Financing and CLO Collateral Administration and Trustee Services as well as general regulatory support.
- Provide legal advisory, regulatory and documentation support to the FX Services Team, the Fund of Fund Financing Team, the CLO Collateral Administration and Trustee Team (the “Supported Businesses”)
- Draft and negotiate legal documentation relating to the Supported Businesses with external clients
- Liaise with internal stakeholders on issues to ensure that risks are understood
- Ensure templates and guidelines are kept updated as well as internal knowhow and documentation storage
- Documentation may include Currency Hedging Agreements, ISDAs, CLO Administration or Trustee Documentation, Loan documentation, EMIR related documentation
- Provide legal advice on any ad hoc legal or regulatory questions raised by the Supported Businesses
- Liaise with external clients and internal clients as well as external counsel (where appropriate) to facilitate and progress negotiations
- Manage internal risk and controls and ensure that internal clients understand relevant legal risks and issues
- Liaise with external counsel, where appropriate, to obtain legal advice and opinions whilst managing external legal spend
- Provision of legal advice and documentation support may include taking instructions, determining the appropriate course of action, managing timelines and people's expectations
- Reviewing and drafting legal documents, negotiating agreements, managing input from experts and the business, seeking sign-off from the relevant parties
- Dealing with execution or providing a final legal opinion as appropriate
- Respond to legal queries from operational departments, internal control/support groups, client integration/client services teams, senior management and entity boards
- Advise the business on day-to-day legal and regulatory matters across all key jurisdictions of the business and assisting the business with managing legal risk
- Support, and if necessary manage, projects and new business initiatives
- Coordinate the ongoing maintenance and creation of precedents in response to legal, regulatory, operational and market developments
- Provide advice to, and/or representing legal on, internal committees (e.g. compliance committee, risk committee)
Qualifications
- English law qualified solicitor (with valid practicing certificate) with at least 2 years financial services experience either in house in a Bank or Fund Manager or in private practice
- Actual knowledge of and expertise in at least some of the legal areas covered by the Supporting Businesses is preferred
- Familiarity or knowledge of EMIR, AIFMD and MiFID is preferred but not required
Benefits
- Attractive compensation package including base salary
- Group medical insurance scheme
- Group pension scheme
- Reimbursement of professional subscriptions
- Paid holidays
- Assistance towards gym memberships
Additional Information
At MUFG Investor Services, we are exceptionally proud of our approach to Hybrid Working. It enables the flexibility to thrive from wherever our employees work and stay connected to their team and our culture. When we make Hybrid Working plans, we get to know the individual and pride ourselves in underpinning all our decisions with fairness and consistency.
We thank all candidates for applying; however, only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.
MUFG is an equal opportunity employer.
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
UK
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Apr 07, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: UK |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
