Director – Associate General Council – Standard & Poor’s, London recruitment
Associate General Counsel
Description
Standard Poor's Ratings Services is seeking an Associate General Counsel to work in its London office providing general legal counseling in support of its ratings business. The candidate must be a highly motivated team player with superior legal ability, written and oral presentation skills and superior interpersonal and communication skills. Proficiency in one or more European languages in addition to English is an advantage.
Essential Accountabilities
- Legal work in support of ratings analytical process, including:
- Review of transaction legal structures and counseling analysts on applicable legal issues
- Review, revision and development of criteria for appropriate consideration and analysis of legal issues
- Analysis and interpretation of laws and regulations in support of ratings analysis to keep analysts up to date on legal developments that may affect their analysis
- Creating and publishing articles and developing other initiatives to further strategic goals of transparency and market education with respect to legal criteria and methodologies
- Preparing and conducting internal and external training on legal matters to assist in analytic training internally and investor education externally
General legal counseling in support of Standard Poor's Ratings Services, including:
- Providing counseling in support of Ratings Services' Quality and Criteria functions
- Counseling Ratings Services' personnel in connection with their speaking engagements, publications and other outreach efforts
- Providing support in connection with key Ratings Services' agreements
- Working with outside counsel and internal teams on litigation matters
- Lead and/or participate in special projects promoting either analytic or general legal counseling matters.
Skills
Qualifications
- Law qualification through a valid practicing certificate or equivalent.
- Significant post qualification experience in structured finance, or a related practice area in which the candidate has gained appropriate knowledge of structured finance principles, in either a major law firm or in-house position
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and negotiation skills, including the ability to influence others who are not in the same line of authority
- Excellent presentation, writing and analytical skills
January 24, 2012
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