Summary
Location
Luxembourg
Type
full-time
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About this role
Your area of work:
We have an opportunity for a legal counsel with 3-5 years of expertise to join Clearstream Legal team. The role contributes to business success by providing dedicated legal advice to Clearstream’s businesses which include custody of funds units/shares, securities related settlement activities, asset servicing, distribution of investment fund and custodian services. The core activities are to act as legal contact for Clearstream business primarily in Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland and take responsibility for the provision of legal advice as well as identification of legal risks with a view to design and implement measures to reduce and/or manage those risks, while working closely with peers and stakeholders throughout the organization locally and globally.
Your responsibilities:
- Provide legal assessments and advice to various stakeholders within the organization
- Advise on and coordinate legal tasks in relation to local and cross border projects
- Draft and negotiate agreements between Clearstream and its customers
- Seek new ways of achieving improved outcomes (where feasible) and provide legal opinion and views as necessary
- Assist on the development and implementation of technological solutions within the organization
- Support the business regarding the implementation of requirements pursuant to new industry and contract laws and regulations
- Attend and actively contribute to internal committees, steerco’s, working groups and standing meetings in relation to commercial undertakings
Your profile:
- Fully qualified lawyer holding a Master of Law degree or equivalent
- 3-5 years working experience in an international law firm or in the financial industry, preferably in Luxembourg or Germany
- Knowledge of relevant Luxembourg legal and regulatory environment and an interest in technological development in the financial sector
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Proactivity and problem-solving attitude
- Strong drafting skills are essential
- Fluent in both written and spoken English and German
Other facts
About Deutsche Börse Group
Deutsche Börse Group has concentrated all its cash market business in Deutsche Börse. It organizes one of the leading cash markets in Europe and offers companies, brokers and investors access to the German, European and international capital markets.
Our product portfolio and services cover the admission of securities to trading – according to recognized rules and in customized market segments. In the form of Deutsche Börse Xetra® and Deutsche Börse Frankfurt we operate two of the world’s most renowned trading platforms where prices are determined on the exchange and, thanks to the Central Counter Party (CCP), with minimum default risk for stock and bond transactions.
Deutsche Börse champions regulated and transparent markets that enable efficient, safe and fair securities trading. We provide solutions for efficiently raising and allocating capital, in this way laying important foundations for the real economy. Through this commitment, we make a valuable contribution to ensuring the exchanges fulfil their macroeconomic role.
Privacy policy: https://www.cashmarket.deutsche-boerse.com/cash-en/privacy-notice
Imprint: https://www.cashmarket.deutsche-boerse.com/cash-en/imprint
What you'll do
- The role involves providing legal assessments and advice to stakeholders, drafting and negotiating agreements, and supporting the business in implementing legal requirements. Additionally, the legal counsel will assist in developing technological solutions and contribute to internal committees.
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