Legal Counsel (Operations & Infrastructure, S3)

Join Santander UK as a Legal Counsel in the Operations & Infrastructure Legal team. In this high-profile role, you will provide legal advice on a wide range of agreements that support the bank's operations and infrastructure. You will work closely with stakeholders across the bank, demonstrate creativity and innovation in reaching practical solutions, and keep abreast of external developments in the law and financial services industry. The ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge and experience of outsourcing, complex commercial contracts, and commercial contract law, as well as the ability to manage and influence stakeholders.

• Providing legal advice on a wide range of agreements that support Santander UK's operations and infrastructure, including drafting, negotiating, and advising on contracts.
• Advising on the regulatory regimes that apply to the provision of services to Santander as a ring-fenced bank in the UK, particularly in relation to outsourcing and material arrangements.
• Working closely with stakeholders across the Bank to deliver expert, accurate, concise, commercial, and cost-effective legal advice that facilitates business decisions.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of outsourcing, working on complex commercial contracts, and commercial contract law (Required)
• Good understanding and working knowledge of data protection issues applicable to contracts that involve sharing / processing of personal data is required, but you are not required to be a subject matter expert in data protection; and
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders (Required)
• Excellent knowledge of the regulatory regime impacting outsourcing and material arrangements in financial services, for example the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) Supervisory Statement on Outsourcing and Third Party Risk Management (SS2/21) (Required); and
• Experience providing legal advice that is readily understandable to non-lawyers (Required)
• Excellent project management skills, with an ability to manage multiple, conflicting interests and deadline (Preferred)
• Experience dealing with a large volume of matters and competing demands (Preferred); and
• You will either be a qualified solicitor registered on the roll of solicitors for England and Wales, or be fully admitted to the Bar of England and Wales, or hold a Scottish or foreign jurisdiction equivalent