Senior Legal Counsel - ART UK

We’re all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. Reporting to the Managing Legal Counsel – Investments (ART UK), you’ll work closely with investment professionals and key stakeholders, providing practical, commercially focused advice across legal and regulatory matters while managing legal risk and supporting evolving business priorities.

This role is a permanent opportunity and is based in London, UK.

Day to day, you'll

• Provide timely, commercially focused legal advice across ART UK’s investment and operational activities.
• Advise on complex, high-value private markets investments, structures, transactions and documentation.
• Draft, review and negotiate sophisticated investment agreements and associated documentation.
• Work closely with the Managing Legal Counsel – Investments (ART UK) on investment, operational and regulatory matters.
• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance and broader business teams to support ART UK’s requirements.
• Liaise with external legal advisers on investment, regulatory and operational matters.
• Support the development of legal, compliance, due diligence and internal processes for ART UK.
• Monitor relevant legislative and regulatory developments and translate these into practical advice for stakeholders.
• It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:
• You hold a tertiary qualification in Law and a current unrestricted practising certificate in Australia and/or England and Wales.
• Your background includes strong legal experience in a top-tier law firm, investment bank and/or sophisticated in-house investment environment, ideally focusing on private markets investments.
• You'll bring experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex, high-value investment arrangements.
• You're commercially minded and able to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, practical advice.
• You have strong stakeholder management skills and can build trusted relationships with investment professionals and senior stakeholders.
• Your experience enables you to manage multiple complex transactions, projects and competing priorities effectively.
• You're able to work flexibly across UK and Australian time zones when investment or operational matters require it.