Junior Legal Counsel - Marex Solutions

About Marex

Marex Group plc is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets. It listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in April 2024. With more than 35 offices in Europe, US and APAC, it has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights and analytics.

The Solutions department has some of the most experienced teams in the world, specialising in the manufacture and distribution of customised derivative products on Equities, Commodities, Credit, FX, Funds, Fixed Income and Digital Assets. These products are distributed to customers through two specialist channels: Risk Management and Financial Products.

For more information visit www.marex.com

Role Summary

Assisting the Solutions Legal team with all aspects of the Marex Solutions business, with a specific focus on Financial Products.

This role is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to begin or take the next step in their legal career while working in-house in a rapidly growing organisation. The successful candidate will work alongside the Solutions Legal team on the day-to–day document negotiations and structured product issuances, alongside project work where applicable.

Responsibilities

The Responsibilities of the role will include (but not be limited to) the following:

• Preparing structured products documentation (including initial issuance documents, restructurings, stock exchange listings and regulatory documents).
• Drafting and negotiating legal agreements (including distribution agreements, commercial contracts and index agreements).
• Responsibility for documenting relationships with third party distributors of structured products (including checking regulatory status permissions, co-ordinating annual reviews and organising distributor records).
• Liaising with external and internal stakeholders (including the internal trading desk, third party distributors, stock exchanges and external structured products agents).
• Updating and maintaining appropriate records for the product lifecycle.
• Assisting the Solutions Legal team with the implementation of product governance policies and procedures in respect of structured products.
• Arranging execution of structured products documentation and associated legal agreements.
• Participate in (and coordinate as necessary) various structured products projects, including regulatory and policy initiative.
• Reviewing contractual rights in the context of day-today operations and in stress situations.
• Supporting the relevant business unit with respect to queries raised in connection with structured products and documentation.
• Proactively learn about and develop internal documentation systems.
• Assisting the Legal department with other urgent or ad hoc matters from time to time.

Skills and Experience

• Prior relevant experience in private practice or in-house is preferred but not considered essential where there is a genuine enthusiasm for and desire to learn about financial markets and structured products.
• Candidate should be very organised and have good communication skills.
• An appropriate level of legal knowledge is required.
• Strong work ethic.
• An enthusiastic attitude towards teamwork and developing skills across a variety of different types of legal work.

Professional Qualifications

• Strong academic results, including 2.1 or above at degree level; and
• Legal Practice Course (or Solicitors Qualifying Examination preparedness) preferable, but not mandatory.

Conduct Rules

You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Acting as a role model for the values of the Company:

Respect - Clients are at the heart of our business, with superior execution and superb client service the foundation of the firm. We respect our clients and always treat them fairly.

Integrity- Doing business the right way is the only way. We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard in everything we do – our clients expect this and we demand it of ourselves.

Collaborative- We work in teams - open and direct communication and the willingness to work hard and collaboratively are the basis for effective teamwork. Working well with others is necessary for us to succeed at what we do.

Developing our People- Our people are the basis of our competitive advantage. We look to “grow our own” and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.

Adaptable and Nimble- Our size and flexibility is an advantage. We are big enough to support our client’s various needs, and adaptable and nimble enough to respond quickly to changing conditions or requirements. A non-bureaucratic, but well controlled environment fosters initiative as well as employee satisfaction.

Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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