Corporate Law, Associate

BlackRock • London, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

About This Role The role will involve providing legal support in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region to BlackRock’s business across a range of asset management related regulation such as product, distribution, sustainability, operational resilience and systems and controls. The role will also involve supporting BlackRock’s regulatory horizon scanning and regulatory change processes in partnership with Compliance, Public Policy, Risk, project managers and other stakeholders. It will also involve advising on regulatory impacts of acquisitions and advising and supporting BlackRock’s corporate and fund board governance teams. Whilst based in London, the role will involve working with Legal and Compliance colleagues in BlackRock’s EMEA offices on jurisdiction specific gold-plating, labelling and industry trends. The candidate will work within the Corporate and Regulatory Legal Team and alongside lawyers supporting products and solutions, trading, digital, litigation and employment within the broader EMEA Legal & Compliance department (which comprises qualified lawyers, compliance professionals and administrative staff). The individual will be expected to be self-motivated and work with a good degree of autonomy once familiar with BlackRock’s business structures, operating models and documentation, and to produce high quality work output with relatively low levels of supervision/review of work produced. The candidate will be expected to take on a complete workload as soon as possible after joining and partner closely with other Legal and Compliance colleagues.

Requirements

• Relevant post qualification experience gained either in medium/large private practice in regulatory or financial services work in investment management and/or investment products or in-house in financial services and investment products in Europe.
• 2-3 years’ + relevant post qualification experience.
• Technical expertise and experience in regulation of investment management and funds (particularly SFDR, UCITS, AIFMD, MiFID, outsourcing and operational resilience).
• Solicitor qualified in England and Wales or other jurisdictions.
• Ability to analyse and interpret technical regulation and assess its practical impact on investment products, services and business functions.
• High degree of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good organizational skills.
• Interest in a wide range of regulation.
• Persuasive and influential on a high-performing internal client base in the provision of regulatory advice.
• Ability to work in a team in a collaborative way and personable.
• Ability to explain complex legal and regulatory concepts to non-lawyers.
• Ability to actively manage client expectations.
• Commercial outlook, motivated, resilient and enjoys challenges.
• Ability to clarify tasks and requirements, organize time and manage workload to ensure deadlines are met.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage own workload but also know when to escalate issues where appropriate.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the firm in verbal and written form.
• Seeks to understand BlackRock’s businesses, products and the regulatory framework it operates in within EMEA and more broadly.
• Develops solutions to problems, checking where appropriate with senior lawyers.
• Takes ownership of problems/requirements and ensures they are resolved to meet objectives, checking with senior lawyers when appropriate; and
• Rejects shortcuts that could compromise quality of service and follows internal policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Review and interpret new regulation, draft written analysis to help the businesses navigate the fast-evolving regulatory environment.
• Partner with BlackRock’s business transformation office to support efficient implementation of regulatory changes impacting BlackRock.
• Partner with Compliance on a wide variety of activities including review of internal and external client communications, engagement with investment teams, training, regulatory implementation projects.
• Advise and support BlackRock’s corporate and fund board governance teams.
• Advise on regulatory aspects of acquisitions and partner with Compliance and other stakeholders on the regulatory aspects of integration.
• Develop skills and knowledge to identify, address and manage legal and regulatory risk arising in the sustainability space, and BlackRock more generally.
• Provide proactive legal and regulatory support to the EMEA businesses (including sales, marketing, product and strategy) and practical guidance concerning related activities outside the UK (including in the US, Asia and other regions working in conjunction with colleagues in such locations).
• Liaise with external legal counsel where appropriate on areas of law and regulation that impact the business concerned.
• Assist on ad hoc projects (EMEA or firm-wide).
• Manage and document internal know-how and other material for ease of access by colleagues and successors.
• Develop and actively manage internal client relationships within the EMEA businesses supported, other internal stakeholders and with external advisors.

Benefits

• retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future
• access to education reimbursement
• comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being
• family support programs
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees