Job title – Paralegal / Junior Legal Counsel – 12 month FTC
Location – London
About Federated Hermes:
Federated Hermes, Inc. is a global leader in active, responsible investment management, with $800.5B billion in assets under management, as of September 30, 2024. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset, and liquidity management strategies to more than 11,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide.
Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks, and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Federated Hermes has more than 2,000 employees in London, New York and offices worldwide. For more information, visit FederatedHermes.com
Main Function of the role:
Reviewing and negotiating supplier contracts for Federated Hermes’ UK and European businesses – this includes IT/software/SAAS contracts and data licences;
Reviewing and negotiating engagement letters with third party service providers;
Acting as GDPR Champion for the Legal team (with a good working knowledge of GDPR principles);
Project work including DORA;
Acting as escalation point for external lawyers on NDAs and sponsorship and event contract reviews;
Legal research on an ad hoc basis;
Ability to deal with multiple competing stakeholders with a variety of deadlines;
Professional, client focused approach and good team player.
All work will be done under the supervision of a qualified lawyer in the London-based Legal team.
Experience Required:
• Experience in legal environment
• Interest in financial services industry
Candidate Profile:
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise effectively, be well organised and work to deadlines
• Ability to co-ordinate across different teams and business units
• First class communication skills (oral and written)
• Calm under pressure
• Good interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Flexible in approach
• Willing to learn
• Good IT skills (MS Office)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Flexible Working
We believe in genuine equality of opportunity, fairness, and respect for all applicants and aim to ensure that no current or prospective employee is subject to discrimination or treated less favourably on the basis of their disability, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sex, or sexual orientation, or disability.
We understand that applicants may have different needs and expectations related to their working arrangements and are committed to a discussion on flexible working. Please raise these with your Recruitment contact to discuss what type of arrangements can work for you and the role for which you are applying.
We welcome applications from all eligible candidates, and we particularly encourage applications from qualified candidates who identify as women and/or are from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the financial services sector, particularly at senior levels.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and participate in the “Offer of Interview” scheme, intended to actively encourage applications from people with a disability or long-term condition and offer an interview to those who meet the minimum criteria set out within this job description. You will need to let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme by contacting Jessica Sheehan at Jessica.sheehan@federatedhermes.com or +44 207 702 0888. You do not need to share details of your disability or long-term condition.
If you would benefit from alternative methods of applying or for workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please also let us know by contacting Jessica Sheehan at Jessica.sheehan@federatedhermes.com or +44 207 702 0888 to discuss the support you need.
