Legal Counsel

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A role you will love

The role provides focused share plans legal advice and support to the Computershare EMEA Share Plans business. Led by the Associate General Counsel - Plans, EMEA, the team is responsible for supporting the EMEA Share Plan business through proactive, aligned and integrated advice and partnership with business stakeholders.

You will provide detailed and technical legal advice in a commercial and balanced way. You will be expected to have significant post-qualification experience in share plans/employee benefits including UK tax favoured plans such as the Share Incentive Plan and SAYE plans, broad based international plans e.g., global employee stock purchase plans and Jersey trust law. You will also be expected to work globally with Computershare's legal share plan specialists in other jurisdictions and a working knowledge of the regulatory framework around share plans is welcomed.

You will be expected to:

• Deliver pragmatic, timely, high quality legal advice to non-lawyer colleagues and other lawyers.

• Anticipate, identify, and communicate issues of legal concern.

• Keep informed of legal and market developments relevant to our businesses and evaluating their impact.

• Instruct and manage outside counsel.

• Adhere to the legal governance framework, policies, systems, standards, and procedures in all aspects of your work.

• Champion and promote integrity and ethical decision-making.

What will you bring to the role?

The Legal Counsel - Plans, EMEA will have demonstrable knowledge in the team's areas of accountability.

• UK qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with significant PQE.

• Deep familiarity with general English legal principles and procedures.

• Familiarity with the legal principles and systems of other countries in the EMEA region and in particular the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands.

• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.

• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information.

• Experience in drafting and negotiation.

• Excellent ability to communicate effectively across a diverse community of people and cultures, adapting style to suit audience.

• Well organised and able to prioritise and manage competing workload demands.

• Confident and assertive while remaining approachable.

• Adaptable and able to take on variety of tasks.

• Able to drive things forward both independently and as part of a team.

• Experienced in detailed legal analysis and delivery of advice in the context of broader commercial strategy.

• Drive to develop expertise in new and wide-ranging areas of law.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you'll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub.

ABOUT US

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 12,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it's more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

A diverse and inclusive place to work

At Computershare we value diversity and welcome applications from everyone, believing that an equal and inclusive culture is key to excellent results. One of the greatest advantages for our organisation is the talent and diversity of our people and we strive to ensure all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute their ideas, bring their personality to their work and showcase their skills. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Shared Services teams support all of our business lines behind the scenes. Across the world, we have a range of specialisms that ensure the delivery of our business priorities. These include Technology, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Audit, Governance, Marketing and Communications as well as our People team. Join our strategic team and help us look after everything from creating an amazing end to end employee journey to keeping our systems safe. You'll be looking after our people, our clients and their customers, whilst maintaining our exceptional standards around the globe.