Junior Legal Counsel (NQ)
Financial Services / Investment Management | European Legal & Compliance | London / Hybrid
Accuflex is working with an international financial services business that is looking for a junior lawyer to support its European legal and compliance function.
This is a broad in-house role sitting within a highly regarded legal team. The successful candidate will work closely with the General Counsel for EMEA and APAC, the wider legal group and internal stakeholders across the business.
The work will be varied and will include transactional support, legal flow documentation, internal processes, commercial advice and support across a range of investment strategies.
This would suit a bright junior lawyer who wants to build broad in-house experience in a sophisticated financial services environment.
The role
You will be supporting the legal team with:
- Reviewing and negotiating key legal flow documentation
- Assisting with transactional matters across the European business
- Working with investment professionals across real estate, structured credit, private credit, distressed debt, restructuring and CLOs
- Supporting internal teams including compliance, tax, investor relations and accounting
- Helping manage internal legal processes and controls
- Providing general commercial advice in an in-house financial services context
- Contributing to know-how, training materials and internal form documents
The ideal candidate
We are looking for a junior lawyer with strong academics, good attention to detail and a genuine interest in financial services.
You will need:
- Experience in financial services, funds, investment management, banking, finance, structured finance, private credit, real estate finance or a related area
- Strong drafting and document review skills
- The confidence to work with senior lawyers and commercial stakeholders
- A practical, organised and commercial approach
- The ability to manage work carefully in a busy in-house environment
- An interest in developing across both legal and compliance matters
- In-house experience would be helpful, but candidates coming from private practice with relevant transactional or financial services experience will also be considered.
- Qualified Solicitor at least to Newly Qualified (NQ)
Why this could be interesting
This is a strong opportunity for a junior lawyer who wants to move closer to the business and gain exposure to a wide range of sophisticated investment work.
The role offers direct access to senior legal stakeholders and the chance to develop in a lean, commercially focused legal team supporting European and international operations.