Lawyer Financial Services - In house litigation

Secondement / temporary position - Crypto platform - Legal - Europe Litigation team

Start date: asap

End date : ideally end of September 2023, but maybe before that depending on when we can hire for a permanent position

Location: possibility to work in our London office, but may be 100% remote

Common law qualified litigation counsel - min 3 PQE

• Reporting to the Litigation Lead - Europe, be the main point of contact and counsel for ongoing litigations and arbitrations and enforcement procedures in the UK, Ireland and common law jurisdictions.
• When needed, provide additional support to other European jurisdictions, through external counsels if necessary.
• Manage legal efforts in response to contentious inquiries, including managing pre-litigious and regulatory matters, encountered by the company and internal stakeholders.
• Answer pre litigation claims from clients, including on smaller issues as they arise.
• Take charge of external communication with external counsels and negotiating with the opposition.
• Provide proactive, in-depth, commercially sensible legal advice to all stakeholders.
• Support in the development and implementation of legal strategy to reduce the risk of disputes while balancing against the organisation's overall business strategy.
• Be responsible for drafting and reviewing court, arbitration documents, liaison and settlement agreements.
• Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility.
• Provide legal business partner training and counsel non-legal associates to enable stronger legal acumen across the company.
• Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified.
• Provide administrative support to manage billing, legal contracts, corporate documents and other documentation.
• General overall support to the legal team.
• Position may be 100% remote.

Profile:

• Common law Qualified lawyer (UK or Ireland) with strong dispute resolution background
• Exposure to the financial, banking or crypto sector is a must.
• Experience with handling regulatory inquiries, requests for information and investigations a plus.
• Interest in the cryptocurrency industry and its development.
• Proactive and self starter. Able to handle stress, have higher tolerance to dynamism and can move fast.
• Ability to work independently and report matters efficiently.
• Possesses solid legal technical expertise as well as sound business and people judgment sense.
• Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects, equally can handle smaller claims.
• Attention focused and rigorous. Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
• Although the main scope of the role would be common law jurisdictions, a dual qualification, or a native speaker of French, Italian, Spanish, or Russian would be useful to support the rest of the European litigation team.