General Counsel - Banking

We are seeking an experienced Interim General Counsel to join our client, a UK bank. In this role, you will oversee all legal matters, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while providing strategic legal guidance to the executive team. Your expertise will be crucial in navigating complex legal challenges, managing legal risks, and supporting business operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice on banking regulations, corporate governance, and contractual matters.
• Oversee and manage the bank's legal department, including external counsel relationships.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, including those from the FCA and PRA.
• Advise on mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives.
• Develop and implement legal policies and procedures.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies and represent the bank in legal proceedings as necessary.

Qualifications:

• UK Qualified solicitor with extensive experience in financial services or banking law.
• Strong understanding of UK banking regulations and compliance issues.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure.

About Elevate

Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.