Legal Director

Our client, a leading Wealth Management firm, are seeking a Legal Director to join the firm’s Legal team on a permanent contract. The job will report into the General Counsel and involve a focus on ensuring the firm meet strategic ambitions while providing legal support on a broad range of matters.

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Director job will include:

• Support the General Counsel on management of key strategic growth projects and commercial contract management duties
• Advise key stakeholders on matters to ensure a co-ordinated response to legal challenges for key projects and contracts for the business
• Facilitate the implementation of appropriate legal strategy including standardisation and streamlining of legal review processes
• Support in developing and managing the legal function whilst driving capability, capacity and cross-functional collaboration
• Identify legal risk and suggest alternative strategies that may lead to optimal business solutions

Key Requirements of the Legal Director job will include:

• At least 10+ years post qualification experience either within law firm or in-house with senior level responsibilities
• Qualified Solicitor with law degree or holder of equivalent overseas professional legal qualification
• Strong experience in private practice and/or in-house in a range of disciplines is essential, with particular focus on corporate, financial regulation, employment, pensions, property and banking and finance
• Strong knowledge and experience of the Irish regulatory framework as well as experience in the financial services industry is preferred
• Ability to independently, quickly and accurately assess legal, practical and business risks and to present this advice to non-legal leadership personnel

If you are interested in this Legal Director position, apply now with your CV or contact Sean at skeogh@elevatepartners.ie.