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Job Location | London |
Education | Not Mentioned |
Salary | Competitive salary |
Industry | Not Mentioned |
Functional Area | Not Mentioned |
Job Type | Permanent , full-time |
Description of the Business Line or DepartmentThe Legal Department in London (SEGL/JUR London) is a team of c.60 lawyers and legal advisers (permanent and temporary staff) providing legal advice and support to all London based investment banking business lines and those businesses and legal entities formingpart of the SG Group in the UK. It is divided into the following teams/areas of expertise: (i) Global Finance (sub- divided into Acquisition and Asset Finance (AAF), Financial Engineering and Group Financing (EGF), Natural Resources and Hedging (NRH)); (ii)Markets (sub-divided into Structured Over-The-Counter Derivatives (OTC), Programmes and Structured Issuances (PSI) and Debt Capital Markets (DCM)); (iii) Trading and Prime Agreement (TPA); (iv) Securities Services; (v) Corporate Finance; (vi) Financial ServicesRegulation; (vii) Employment; (viii) Shared Internal Legal Services (incorporating Commercial and IT Contracts and Global Transaction Payment Services); and (ix) Data Protection. The Legal Department is responsible for identifying and analysing legal and commercial issues, including communicating advice clearly and effectively, as part of an overall responsibility for managing and overseeing legal risk for the businesses supported.The Legal Department is also responsible for managing its own conduct risk, promoting a positive culture of good conduct and compliance and contributing to the management of conduct risk throughout the businesses supported. The Trading and Prime Agreements (TPA) legal teams are divided into 3 groups: 1) MAN (Master Agreement Negotiation) in charge of the legal onboarding process of trading agreements in accordance with SG policies, procedures and guidelines; 2) TRS (Transversalteam) in charge of COO & Systems, Netting programme, Norms and Regulatory implementation; and 3) PRM (Prime Services)in charge of the legal aspects of the prime brokerage activities. TPAs purpose is to: 1) assist the business to grow its franchise with appropriate legal coverage and 2) protect he SG Group by negotiating appropriate standard agreements in accordance with prevailing SG policies and continuously improving norms as requiredand 3) ensure regulatory compliance in the master trading agreement context. PRM The PRM team is responsible for assisting the business needs of Prime Services booked within SG clearing hubs (Societe Generale International Limited (SGIL), Societe Generale SA (SGPM) and others) whilst also protecting the legal interests of SGPM and its affiliatesby: 1) observing the SG Groups standards and procedures; and 2) implementing relevant policies and working closely with other relevant stakeholders (Compliance, Risk, Credit, Finance, Operations etc.) to ensure the operating model for execution services,clearing and prime brokerage services are matching the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the relevant SG entities. The team is based in London and Paris. PRM in EMEA provide the following legal services: 1) advising and assisting to SG internal stakeholders (Business, Credit, Operations and others) during products and activities process; 2) negotiating customer agreements with clients according to SG policiesand procedures ratified by the Normative Committee; 3) escalating issues outside the PRM negotiation guidelines to the relevant functions for approval, and ultimately, if required, to the Arbitration Committee; 4) commissioning and assisting with the reviewof netting and collateral opinions, where required for Prime Services, in accordance with SG Group policy; 5) reviewing credit risk mitigation documentation e.g. guarantees, letters of credit, in accordance with standards and RISQ requirements; 6) supportingSGPM or SGIL on legal projects e.g. regulatory/new activity/remediation/ new booking strategy; 7) reviewing new Exchange or Central Counterparty rules for Agency business (clearing for customers); 8) managing with relevant internal stakeholders disputes/regulatoryaudits/enquiries 9) assisting JUR CTX or others departments/Business Units of SGPM or SGIL in relation to such litigation etc.; and 10) managing cross border issues and conducting legal watch relating to Prime Services. Summary of the key purposes of the role