Senior Associate, Corporate Counsel
About the role
We are looking for a Corporate Counsel to join us in London. You will join our Legal team, reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, and provide practical legal support for EquiLend’s sales contracting activity across its global operations. This role will focus on complex financial SaaS, data and technology-related sales contracts, supporting commercial negotiations while helping the business manage legal risk clearly and effectively.
You will work closely with colleagues across Sales, Product, Finance, Legal, Compliance and RevOps, including teams in the UK, US and Asia. This is a broad role suited to a qualified lawyer who can manage competing priorities, work with autonomy and give clear, commercially aware advice on complex and sometimes time-sensitive matters.
What you’ll do
- Draft, review and negotiate complex SaaS, data, technology and financial services-related commercial contracts.
- Provide practical legal advice to Sales, Product, Finance and other internal stakeholders on contract terms, negotiation positions and legal risk.
- Support legal considerations connected to emerging technologies, including Gen AI, data innovation and related product developments.
- Partner with Legal, Compliance and business colleagues across regions to deliver consistent, high-quality legal support.
- Collaborate with the Legal Specialist team and RevOps legal support team to improve sales contracting processes and operational efficiency.
- Contribute to legal knowledge management practices, including templates, playbooks and guidance for repeatable sales contract activity.
- Manage multiple matters at pace, balancing commercial priorities with sound legal judgement and appropriate risk management.
What we’re looking for
- 2+ years’ PQE of relevant experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, ideally supporting SaaS, data, technology, fintech, financial services or commercial sales contracts.
- Qualified lawyer with an active license to practice law in England and Wales, and/or another relevant common law jurisdiction (e.g. Ireland)
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate business needs into practical legal solutions.
- Good working knowledge of intellectual property and contract law, with exposure to information security and data privacy considerations preferred.
- Experience supporting sales contracts or commercial technology agreements in a fast-moving business environment.
- Clear communication skills, with the confidence to advise stakeholders across Legal, Sales, Product, Finance and other teams.
- Sound judgement, integrity and a proactive approach to solving legal and business problems.
- Ability to work autonomously while staying closely aligned with colleagues across a global Legal and Compliance function.
Why EquiLend?
- Be recognised for your contribution through a discretionary annual cash bonus, linked to individual and company performance.
- Work flexibly with up to 100 remote working days per calendar year.
- Take time to recharge with generous annual leave, plus public holidays.
- Access group life assurance and income protection, supporting you and your dependents.
- Private health and dental insurance, available from your first day (optional).
- Save for the future through a company pension contribution of 7.5%, when you contribute a minimum of 1.5%.
About EquiLend
EquiLend is a global financial technology firm at the center of the securities finance industry. Since 2001, we have built the infrastructure that financial institutions rely on to trade, manage, and report. This includes products such as our NGT trading platform, Post Trade Suite, DataLend market intelligence, RegTech solutions, and EquiLend Clearing Services.
We operate across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, working with banks, broker dealers, asset managers, and custodians to bring greater efficiency, transparency, and automation to the securities finance lifecycle. Our teams combine deep market expertise with a focus on building technology that works at scale, under real-world conditions, for some of the world's most demanding financial institutions.
EquiLend is Great Place to Work Certified™ in the U.S., UK, Ireland, and India, and has been recognized as Global Data Provider of the Year and Regulatory Solution of the Year at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards 2025.
Diversity & Inclusion
We know that the best solutions come from teams that bring different perspectives, backgrounds, and ways of thinking to the table. At EquiLend, we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong and aim to reflect this in how we hire, develop, and support our people.
We are actively working to ensure our teams are as diverse as the global markets and clients we serve. That means creating an environment where different viewpoints are sought out and where people can do their best work regardless of background.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to make it happen.
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