Legal Counsel, Prime Brokerage & Trading

LGBT Great; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment management firm based in London is seeking a Legal Counsel to join its Prime Brokerage & Trading Legal team. This role involves working on fund launches, overseeing trading relationships, and providing strategic legal advice on complex trading matters. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years of PQE, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects. The firm champions a diverse workplace and offers competitive benefits, including flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive holiday entitlements

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' PQE concentration on bank or hedge fund experience.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Self-motivated with awareness of supervisory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate new fund launches with internal teams.
• Oversee trading relationships with financial institutions.
• Provide legal oversight of trading documentation.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management skills

Commercial judgment

Team player

Organizational skills

Education

Legally qualified with in-house experience at a bank / hedge fund

Job description

Job Application for Legal Counsel, Prime Brokerage & Trading Legal at Man Group London

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $213.9 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com

* As at 30 September 2025

Job Profile Summary

The Prime Brokerage & Trading Legal team is part of the wider in-house legal department at Man. The team consists of lawyers and paralegals based in London and New York.

The Team operates a model that strategically leverages external counsel for transactional execution work, enabling in-house lawyers to focus on higher-value advisory functions. This includes providing strategic legal guidance to the business, managing key counterparty relationships, and ensuring the investment management teams receive timely, commercially focused legal advice on complex trading matters and regulatory developments.

Your role as Legal Counsel will involve working with all team members to accomplish the team's core legal and advisory responsibilities. A key component of this role is developing and maintaining relationships with senior members of the investment management teams and third party service providers, acting as a trusted legal adviser to the business.

Responsibilities

• Working on new fund launches with various teams internally, including but not limited to product structuring, operations, compliance fund lawyers, portfolio managers and key business stakeholders.
• You will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the trading relationships for funds with major financial institutions ensuring their risk and legal teams understand the legal structure of the funds, the strategy and the roles and responsibilities of the investment manager.
• Providing strategic legal oversight of various trading documentation with trading counterparties, including ISDA/CSA, repurchase and stock lending agreements, futures and OTC clearing agreements, prime brokerage agreements, custody agreements and other bespoke trading documentation. This includes managing external counsel on transactional matters and escalating complex or novel issues for in-house resolution.
• Advising the business with respect to new fund structures, trading in new jurisdictions (for example, accessing the Chinese markets via QFII, Stock Connect or Bond Connect) and any legal issues that may arise relating to the trading activities of Man's funds.
• Building and maintaining relationships with Man's trading counterparties, including attending industry events, regulatory updates and client functions.
• Leading projects to address regulatory developments, documentary requirements and regulatory issues affecting a broad range of funds in multiple jurisdictions. Recent regulatory projects the team has worked on have been related to the QFC stay rules, EMIR uncleared margin rules, and MIFID II.
• Liaising with and maintaining good working relationships with key stakeholders in the business and delivering regular updates regarding legal services and strategic legal matters.

Key Skills & Experience

• Legally qualified with in-house experience at a bank / hedge fund or securities law background. You will ideally have 3-5 years' PQE but we will consider other applicants with relevant experience.
• Team player with excellent communication and project management skills capable of dealing with large financial institutions and hedge fund managers
• Excellent organisational skills required to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, including oversight of external counsel and coordination of internal stakeholders
• Highly motivated, able to show initiative and work with minimal supervision
• Strong advisory and commercial judgment, with the ability to provide pragmatic legal guidance to senior business stakeholders

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group

You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.

You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer.