Managing Legal Counsel - Ftse Russell & Risk Intelligence

Lseg

Cape Town, South Africa
Strategic legal support
Manage complex matters end-to-end
Negotiate high-value agreements
This Cape Town-based role sits within plays a critical role in enabling product innovation, managing legal and regulatory risk, and supporting commercial execution across global markets, focusing on the FTSE Russell business

Job Summary

  • This Cape Town-based role sits within plays a critical role in enabling product innovation, managing legal and regulatory risk, and supporting commercial execution across global markets, focusing on the FTSE Russell business.
  • Deliver on risk management and commercial objectives for FTSE Russell, ensuring alignment with Group strategy and regulatory requirements.
  • Undertake people leader responsibilities meeting LSEG’s people leader expectations, role modelling the legal team culture of high performance, inclusion, and continuous development.

Matching Summary

This Cape Town-based role sits within plays a critical role in enabling product innovation, managing legal and regulatory risk, and supporting commercial execution across global markets, focusing on the FTSE Russell business.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Strategic legal support
  • Manage complex matters end-to-end
  • Negotiate high-value agreements
  • Drive legal aspects of new product development
  • Risk management and commercial objectives

Nice-to-have

  • Trusted partner for business leaders
  • Enterprise, commercial, solution-oriented mindset
  • Ability to simplify complex issues
  • Collaborative and creative culture
  • Commitment to sustainability

Key Requirements

  • Substantial post-qualification experience
  • Senior legal counsel experience
  • Understanding of financial markets infrastructure
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders
  • Fluent in English (written and oral)

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