Legal Counsel Secured & Regulated Lending - Leading UK Banking Group
- Recruiter
- BRUIN Financial
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 12 Jan 2022
- Closes
- 09 Feb 2022
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Banking
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Legal Counsel Secured & Regulated Lending - Leading UK Banking Group
Legal Counsel supporting the Bank's regulated secured lending businesses:
- Regulated and buy to let mortgage and secured overdraft products,
- Secured lending and mortgage backed transactions including securitisations, regulated mortgage advice,
- Design and build of the bank's online and mobile execution only and advised platforms.
- Support the banking products, and wider lending and payments teams.
- Leading on the development of new propositions and services, including in the digital space and advising on the associated emerging legal and regulatory risks;
- Drafting and negotiating contractual arrangements including client facing terms (which can range from developing clear and concise client friendly documentation for retail clients to customised documentation for bespoke solutions);
- Acting as a trusted advisor and delivering expert legal advice in relation to the laws and regulations governing consumer banking and payments products and services and, in particular, regulated mortgage and buy to let products and services, with a particular focus on those applicable to the UK retail and private banking segments. This will include advice pertaining to launching, changing, remediating, delivering, marketing, servicing and recovering in respect of mortgage products;
- Providing appropriate risk based advice to help the business respond to change and influence strategy and supporting the implementation of ongoing regulatory change as it impacts the regulated mortgage businesses across the group;
Candidate Profile:
- UK or equivalent qualified legal counsel
Experience across some of the areas below:
- Law relating to mortgages and MCOB regulation
- Payment Services law
- Consumer protection law
- FCA policy and regulation of financial services
- Financial services/retail banking/business banking/non-regulated lending and cross-border experience
Flexible working approach on offer