Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.
The General Counsel's Office is a valued, trusted and responsive partner within DTCC. The team promotes and protects the best interests of the DTCC family of companies by creating and facilitating solutions and providing guidance on legal and regulatory matters.
Pay and Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
As a member of our London legal team, you will play a key role in supporting DTCC’s regulated offerings in the EU and UK. You’ll advise on sophisticated legal and regulatory matters, drive business outcomes, and help shape the future of financial markets. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel and Global Managing Attorney for DTCC’s reporting and derivatives business (based in Jersey City Headquarters), this role requires close collaboration with legal colleagues and business partners worldwide.
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Advise on complex legal and regulatory matters under English and EU law, providing clear, actionable guidance to business leaders
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks, and recommend practical, client-focused solutions
- Work closely with legal colleagues in North America and APAC to deliver a unified and consistent legal strategy for DTCC’s reporting and derivatives business
- Partner with cross-functional teams—including Compliance, Risk, Finance, and IT—to provide legal guidance and support for new business initiatives, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational objectives
- Respond promptly to regulatory inquiries and assist with investigations
- Monitor and analyze regulatory changes and developments across the region, advising stakeholders on potential impacts and required actions
- Draft, review, and negotiate agreements and advise on contractual matters
- Handle other routine corporate legal matters or ad-hoc projects or questions, as requested
**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Qualified lawyer authorized to practise in the UK (e.g. solicitor or barrister with current practising certificate for England and Wales
- 8 to 15 years post-qualification experience (PQE) or equivalent
Talents Needed for Success:
- Experience advising clients in the financial services industry, ideally with in-house experience working in-house at a regulated financial entity
- Proven ability to engage effectively with EU and UK regulators (ESMA, FCA)
- Strong knowledge of regulations governing market infrastructure transaction reporting (EMIR, SFTR and MiFIR)
- Familiarity with regulations governing data and technology (GDPR, DORA and the EU AI Act)
- Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills
- Ability to clearly explain complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment, effectively manages multiple priorities under tight timelines and adapts to evolving legal and business challenges
Top Skills
What We Do
With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 21 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management, data reporting and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. In 2021, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at nearly U.S. $2.4 quadrillion. Its depository provides custody and asset servicing for securities issues from 177 countries and territories valued at U.S. $87.1 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes 16 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com.
