Legal Counsel - #1710062

Legal Counsel - Corporate services, EMEA (12month FTC)

Location: Bristol (Hybrid)

In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

Computershare’s legal team provides a full service to all our businesses across the globe. Our lawyers must be dynamic, driven and always keen to do something new to respond to the fast-paced global space in which we work and effective in the volume and variety of support we give. We recruit hard working and technically excellent lawyers who are robust, rise to a challenge and strive to deliver excellent service. Our people like being part of and contributing to a fun, supportive and down to earth team.

A role you will love

This role provides focused corporate legal services support to the Computershare group throughout the EMEA region. Lead by the General Counsel - Corporate, EMEA, the team is responsible for a variety of areas of legal specialisms, including Employment, Data Privacy, Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Regulatory, Corporate Governance, Treasury and M&A and is part of the global corporate legal services team.

Key Responsibilities

The Legal Counsel - Corporate Services, EMEA is responsible for managing, directing, and providing legal advice relating to Computershare’s corporate activities and governance within the team’s areas of accountability across the EMEA region.

• Delivery of pragmatic, timely, high quality legal advice to non-lawyer colleagues and other lawyers.
• Integrated working with Business Line lawyers to anticipate and respond to challenges to and opportunities for Computershare’s businesses.
• Working closely with the Group Corporate Development function, associated Business Unit representatives and designated lawyers across the Corporate Services function on M&A transactions as well Business Line lawyers in the delivery of due diligence.
• Anticipating, identifying, and communicating issues of legal concern.
• Keeping informed of legal and market developments relevant to our businesses and evaluating their impact.
• Formulating policy to ensure consistent legal and regulatory compliance across Business Lines and legal entities.
• Instructing and managing outside counsel.
• Adhering to the legal governance framework, policies, systems, standards, and procedures in all aspects of your work.
• Championing and promoting integrity and ethical decision-making.

What will you bring to the role?

The Legal Counsel - Corporate Services, EMEA will have demonstrable knowledge in the team’s areas of accountability and be prepared to develop expertise in multiple legal disciplines.

• UK qualified solicitor (or equivalent) ideally with generalist in-house experience.
• Deep familiarity with general English legal principles and procedures.
• Familiarity with the legal principles and systems of other countries in the EMEA region and in particular the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information.
• Experience in drafting and negotiation.
• Excellent ability to communicate effectively across a diverse community of people and cultures, adapting style to suit audience.
• Well organised and able to prioritise and manage competing workload demands.
• Confident and assertive while remaining approachable.
• Adaptable and able to take on variety of tasks.
• Able to drive things forward both independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced in detailed legal analysis and delivery of advice in the context of broader commercial strategy.
• Drive to develop expertise in new and wide-ranging areas of law.
• Additional European language skills beneficial.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub.