Legal Counsel – Commercial

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Nucleus Financial

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2006

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

Finance • Fintech • SaaS

Nucleus Financial is one of the UK's leading independent groups for investment platforms, products and wealthtech software, and the only large-scale group with a comprehensive range of bespoke platform solutions to meet the evolving needs of advisory and investment management firms of all sizes, as well as their clients. They offer adviser and customer-facing platforms (Nucleus Platform), retirement-focused adviser platform combining technology and pension expertise, a wrap platform (Nucleus Wrap), SIPPs via James Hay and Curtis Banks, enterprise solutions (Third Financial), and wealthtech services (Dunstan Thomas). The group administers £110bn assets under administration, serves 251k customers and ~5. 2k advice firms. Headquarters in Salisbury, UK. They provide digital capability, back-office integrations, regulatory and legal information, and BDM booking for demos. The company focuses on retirement and wealth management solutions for advisers and customers in the UK.

📋 Description

• Provide high-quality, commercially focused and pragmatic legal advice across the Group's commercial activities • Support negotiation, drafting and management of commercial arrangements, including supplier contracts, outsourcing and technology arrangements • Provide legal support for data-related matters, custody and dealing arrangements, investment manager and discretionary fund manager relationships, and distribution arrangements • Advise stakeholders on business-as-usual matters, strategic initiatives, proposition development and regulatory change projects • Manage legal matters with a high degree of autonomy from instruction through completion • Build strong stakeholder relationships and collaborate with colleagues across Legal and the wider business • Act as a key Legal contact for commercial matters across the Group • Draft, review, negotiate and advise on supplier, regulatory outsourcing, software and technology, intragroup, consultancy and data-related agreements • Support vendor management and outsourcing activities, ensuring third-party arrangements are appropriately structured, documented and governed • Advise on contractual risk, governance, operational resilience and legal obligations arising from supplier relationships • Instruct and manage external legal advisers where specialist support is required • Monitor legal, regulatory and market developments and provide practical guidance • Develop and maintain commercial contract templates, playbooks, guidance notes and precedent documentation • Assist with strategic projects, business change initiatives, procurement exercises and corporate activity • Support legal work relating to investment platforms, including custody, dealing, settlement and distribution arrangements • Draft and negotiate agreements with discretionary fund managers, investment managers, fund groups, custodians and other financial services counterparties • Assist with product launches, proposition enhancements and strategic commercial initiatives • Identify legal and regulatory risks and help stakeholders deliver practical, risk-based solutions • Support continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, team resilience and shared success

🎯 Requirements

• Solicitor qualified to practise in England & Wales or Scotland • Approximately 5+ years' PQE or equivalent experience • Strong experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts • Experience advising on supplier, outsourcing, technology and services agreements • Experience of data protection matters within a commercial contracting environment • Experience gained in-house and/or within financial services, fintech or another regulated environment is advantageous but not essential • Experience in material outsourcing arrangements is advantageous but not essential • Experience negotiating investment management, custody and dealing arrangements is beneficial but not essential • Experience supporting strategic projects, business change activities and stakeholder decision-making • Experience maintaining precedents, templates, playbooks or guidance documentation • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other business systems used to manage legal workload and documentation • Strong commercial contracting skills, including drafting, negotiation and risk assessment • Sound legal judgement and ability to balance legal risk against commercial and operational objectives • Ability to manage a varied workload independently and prioritise competing demands effectively • Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing and communication skills • Commercial awareness and understanding of Legal's role in supporting business objectives • Strong attention to detail and pragmatic, solutions-focused approach • Collaborative working style and continuous improvement mindset • Demonstrate integrity and support an open, inclusive, collaborative and accountable culture

🏖️ Benefits

• Non-contributory pension • Bonus • Enhanced parental leave • Paid time off for emergencies • Health and wellbeing initiatives • Flexible working options