Legal Counsel, FINBOURNE Technology
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Financial data stack platform
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Financial data stack platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To reduce the cost of investing and increase transparency for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Solicitor/Lawyer in the UK or other Common Law jurisdiction, 2 – 5 years PQE in a leading law firm or in-house team
- Have corporate, commercial, regulatory or financial services experience in current or previous practice
- Strong transactional experience advising on contract negotiations, preferably in Fintech, payments or banking
- Excellent time management skills and ability to manage a high volume of work
- Ability to work autonomously and independently
- High level of written and interpersonal communication skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Be open-minded and willing to accept new challenges
- Fluency in English
What the job involves
- We are looking for a dynamic, talented corporate / commercial lawyer to join our growing team
- Reporting to our General Counsel, you will play a pivotal role in the company’s growth by providing full spectrum legal expertise and advice to the business ranging from client and vendor contract reviews through to supporting our new business areas and global expansion
- This will be a varied and challenging position with a focus on commercial matters, including but not limited to:
- Providing general legal support, advice and guidance to the FINBOURNE group
- Drafting, review and negotiation of a variety of commercial contracts
- Advice on regulatory regimes including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and financial regulation impacting our clients
- Working with and managing our external legal counsel for specialist advice
- You will be supported and encouraged to undertake regular and appropriate training annually in order to maintain your practising certificate (supported by the company)
- Draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial contracts with clients and vendors (including SaaS Agreements, NDAs, Consultancy Agreements and Partnership Agreements)
- Provide advice on IP related matters
- Assist with corporate work including funding, company secretarial, corporate governance and international expansion
- Research, monitor and advise on compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks
- Advise on employment matters and employee incentives
- Assist with ad hoc projects
- Work with external legal counsel as and when appropriate
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Finbourne is an open platform enabling its customers to make better investment decisions. The company sets itself apart by sharing its processes and contributing to open-source software, with its consumer appeal enhanced by its emphasis on openness and transparency.
Finbourne's primary product is LUSID; an open, API-first, and developer-friendly cloud-based investment data platform, that is intended to fundamentally change how investment data is managed. Crucially, LUSID is aimed at everyone in the asset industry, from start-up fund managers to global investment institutions. This universality is one of Finbourne's defining qualities and gives it access to a vast and varied marketplace.
Within its first two years, Finbourne launched its LUSID Design Council - the result of a collaboration with five leading financial institutions - through which the company shares insights with the wider asset community, which has greatly increased its visibility and credibility within the sector. Substantial investment in 2024 is cited to fund growth plans as Finbourne looks to increase its global footprint and expand beyond investment management into banking and capital market customer bases.
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Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2024
$72.6m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$19.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $114.9m
Company benefits
- Regular 1-2-1 meetings during your first three months, and a 90 day plan which documents your training and induction
- Regular internal training sessions as well as an internal mentoring scheme, plus we encourage external training courses to help broaden and consolidate your skills
- Employee-driven performance review process
- Individual personal performance and Company performance bonus scheme
- Competitive health insurance policy, which disregards previous medical history, and includes dental, optical, mental health support, and comprehensive cancer cover
- Life insurance policy which covers all employees for four times their basic salary and enables employees access to 24/7 bereavement support
- FINBOURNE employees are eligible for corporate discounts with Hussle, KOBOX and Nuffield Health gyms
- Paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, which includes 13 weeks full pay for maternity and adoption leave and 6 weeks full pay for paternity leave
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible, Hybrid and remote working
- A choice of pension schemes with employer contributions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Social events including company-wide breakfasts, bowling, drinks, and even axe-throwing!
- Organised volunteering days throughout the year
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Thomas McHugh
(Co-Founder & CEO)They worked for 5 years at RBS, first as Head of Hybrids Quantitative Development. Eventually, they became the Managing Director (Head of Quantitative Development) for Fixed Income.
Dermot Shortt
(Co-Founder & Chairman)They are also Chairman at Full Health Medical. Previously they worked for over 20 years as the Managing Director (Global Head UBS Delta) at UBS Investment Bank.
Paul Saunders
(Co-Founder & Software Engineer)They have held Senior Software Engineer positions at UBS and Killik & Co., and also spent 3 years as Technical Lead at Merrill Lynch.
George Beasley
(Co-Founder & CISO)They have worked as a Senior Engineer at Nimbrix, Senior Software Developer at UBS Investment Bank, and Software Architect at D2see.
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