Legal Counsel (f/m/d)

Deutsche Börse AG • Frankfurt am Main

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Deutsche Börse Group is one of the world’s leading exchange organisations and an innovative market infrastructure provider. With our products and services, we ensure that capital markets are fair, transparent, reliable, and stable. Together, we develop state-of-the-art IT solutions and offer our IT systems all over the world. Play a key role in our mission: to create trust in the markets of today and tomorrow.

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Your career at Deutsche Börse Group

Your area of work:

We have an opportunity for a legal counsel to join the central legal department of Deutsche Börse Group working in the Post-Trading Legal team. You contribute to the Group’s business success by being a member of a legal team providing dedicated legal advice to the Central Securities Depository Clearstream with a focus on Securities Services and in particular issuance, settlement and custody of securities. The core of the activities is to act as legal contact for Clearstream business in Germany and abroad as well as identification of legal risks with a view to design and implement measures to reduce and/or manage those risks, while working closely with peers and different stakeholders throughout the organization locally and globally.

Your responsibilities:

Provide legal assessments and advice to various stakeholders within the organization
Advise on and coordinate legal tasks in relation to local cross-border projects
Draft, amend and review agreements including negotiation of such agreements with Clearstream customers or other contractual partners
Support the business regarding implementation of requirements pursuant to new laws and regulations
Assist in the development and implementation of technical solutions within the organization
Provide legal input to and represent the legal function at various boards and other internal committees
Communicate on all levels of the organization including senior management

Your profile:

Fully qualified German lawyer with judicial state exams above average
2-4 years of professional experience in a law firm or as an in-house legal counsel, preferably with relation to the financial industry
Experience in securities issuance, settlement and custody, other securities services, lending/collateral management, investment fund distribution or asset management will be considered an asset, but is not necessarily required
Knowledge of relevant legal and regulatory environment; interest in technical development and innovations in the financial sector
Excellent analytical skills and motivation to become familiar with unknown and complex topics
Excellent communication skills at all levels in an international organization, including senior management
Ability to cope with challenges; international mindset
Excellent written and spoken English and German; any additional language will be considered an asset

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