Senior Legal Counsel - Asset Management

We are currently looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our highly regarded Group Legal Team on a permanent basis in London. This role will complement a team of in-house lawyers who provide strategic legal advice, guidance, and support across Royal London’s Asset Management business.

As part of the Extended Leadership team of the Group Legal function, this role will support the Divisional Counsel to lead a team of in-house lawyers, providing strategic legal advice, guidance and support to Royal London’s Asset Management Division.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team where you will undertake a range of legal activities, using your knowledge to support the Asset Management division whilst developing key relationships with colleagues across the wider Royal London Group. In this role, you will benefit from working alongside experienced legal professionals who champion development and continuous learning.

About the role

• Provide commercial and strategic legal advice and support to various internal stakeholders on a range of asset management activity, in particular supporting RLAM’s Private Asset teams (including public and private ABS, Private Placements, CLO origination, Real Estate and Commercial Real Estate Finance).
• Identification, management and mitigation of associated legal risks, providing proactive and pragmatic solutions.
• Collaboration with external counsel in a cost-effective manner, as appropriate. Accountability for obtaining advice and challenging where appropriate, and interpretation and communication of such advice to internal colleagues in a commercial and strategic manner.
• The role includes:
  • support in relation to domestic and international structured finance and private asset transactions, including advising on related fund and investment structures;
  • provision of advice relating to applicable regulation, e.g. the EU and UK securitisation regulations;
  • drafting, negotiation and analysis of applicable transactional documentation, including non-disclosure agreements, loan documentation, note purchase agreements, commercial real estate sale and purchase agreements, lease documentation, CLO warehouse and associated documentation.

About you

• A collaborative, commercial and pragmatic asset management solicitor, with experience in private assets.   
• Significant PQE or equivalent experience gained in a leading law firm and/or in-house 
• Excellent practical and technical knowledge, including public/private ABS, Private Credit and/or CLOs. Experience of real estate funds and commercial real estate finance would also be advantageous.         
• Proactive and pragmatic, taking ownership of and accountability for the provision of commercial solutions to relevant legal issues.
• Solid awareness of the principles of corporate governance, FCA/PRA regulations and their impact on the RL Group.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to deal with stakeholders at all levels of the business. 

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.   

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. 

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits  

Inclusion, diversity and belonging 

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.