Job Description
Legal Counsel – Litigation
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Glasgow
As a Barclays Legal Counsel – Litigation, you will be advising claims by or against Barclays and potential claims by or against Barclays and work within a team managing internal and external investigations (including enforcement and regulatory investigations) and contentious regulatory issues. Furthermore, you will be proactively identifying and manage legal and regulatory risks and opportunities relating to Barclays’ business and its clients and to work with other infrastructure and business teams to manage those risks effectively.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to
business needs.
Hybrid Working
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We’re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances
Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.
What will you be doing?
• Directing, overseeing and supervising litigation, investigations and enforcement matters relating to Barclays’ business and its clients in EME
• Advising on and manage legal and regulatory risk issues relating to Barclays’ business and its clients in EME
• Ensuring the on-line case management system is kept up to date in relation to litigation, investigations and enforcement cases and assist with the provision of monthly reports
• Keeping up to date on new legal developments, undertake on-going legal research, and attend external seminars, as appropriate
• Developing effective relationships with other members of the Litigation, Investigations and Enforcement Function and the Legal Function generally
• Ensuring that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements
• Dealing with ad hoc litigation and contentious regulatory queries from Barclays’ businesses within EME
• Contributing to the development and delivery of training within the Litigation, Investigations and Enforcement Function, as well as the wider Legal Function
What we’re looking for:
• English Qualified lawyer (Solicitor or Barrister)
• Well established experience with English law/ English proceedings before English Courts
• Managing litigation for financial institutions
• Experience of working on internal and external investigations and regulatory requests for financial institutions
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Understanding of the requirements of legal risk management in a financial institution
• Degree or equivalent
• Previous experience working in-house within the financial services industry and/or working on financial services matters at a law firm
• General banking law
Where will you be working?
Our new state-of-the-art Campus, right in the heart of Glasgow is a hub of creative collaboration. A place where everyone can bring their true selves to work and reach their full potential. Home to 5,000 of our colleagues, our Tradeston campus will support the community in more ways than one - by creating thousands of new career opportunities and celebrating local artists. A short walk from Central Station on the south of the Clyde, it will be a key location for the Barclays business that will deepen our ties with the city and its communities.
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