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About the Role
This is an exciting 12-month interim Legal Counsel opportunity within Jupiter’s Legal team, providing general advice on legal issues across the business including fund ranges, contractual undertakings, and legal/regulatory matters.
Responsibilities
- Working closely with other members of the Legal team, Product Development, Client Group, Compliance, Operations and other departments on matters relating to Jupiter’s Irish UCITS fund range, Jupiter’s Cayman fund platform, contractual arrangements relating to client investments and fund service providers, and general legal/regulatory matters related to Jupiter’s business and its fund ranges.
- Reviewing contracts related to Jupiter’s wider business (including distribution agreements) and providing legal advice to best satisfy business requirements.
- Obtaining advice from external advisers as appropriate and liaising with internal departments.
- Advising on and assisting the business to comply with regulatory requirements working closely with the Compliance Department.
- Providing legal support on ad hoc projects as required.
- Assisting the other members of the Legal Department in maintaining and growing its processes and procedures including know-how, precedent database and AI adoption.
Requirements
- Qualified UK Solicitor with 4+ years PQE (having qualified within a leading law firm).
- Financial services experience (ideally within the asset management team of a leading law firm or in-house role) with knowledge of UCITS, AIFMD and MiFID.
- Experience of working on full range of legal aspects related to UCITS fund ranges, AIFs and related ancillary matters.
- Practical, first-hand experience of working in and across international markets (ideally including some or all of those markets in which Jupiter has a presence).
- Strong stakeholder management skills, both with internal partners and external providers and advisers.
- Positive, pragmatic approach to work, with strong commercial awareness.
- Familiarity with using usual software, document management systems and AI tools.
- Experience of working in an in-house environment, whether on secondment or otherwise.
- Experience and some knowledge of the FCA Handbook, including experience of dealing with Consumer Duty considerations.
- Commitment to high performance together with high integrity culture.
- Client-centric approach to legal issues.
- Proactivity and positive approach.
- Be both guardian and valued business partner.
- Curiosity, including seeking opportunities to improve processes and practices with AI.
- This role is subject to the Conduct Rules set by the FCA.
Skills
- UCITS
- AIFMD
- MiFID
- Stakeholder management
- Commercial awareness
- AI tools
- FCA Handbook
- Consumer Duty
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 12-month interim
Experience Level
- 4+ years PQE
Education Level
- Qualified UK Solicitor
About the Company
- Jupiter is one of the UK’s leading investment management companies with just over 500 employees and £73.7 billion worth of assets under management (as at 30th June 2026).
- Jupiter provides investment services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds (UK unit trusts, Luxembourg SICAVs and Dublin OEICs), separately managed accounts and sub-advised funds.
- Jupiter has experienced a period of international growth with offices open in EMEA and APAC.
- Our London office was designed to encourage employees to live active, healthy lives with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow for greater natural light and the benefit of a private balcony, table tennis room, cycle storage and on-site shower and locker facilities.
- The short distance to Green Park and St James' Park also provides employees with a natural space to relax during their lunch break and a healthy alternative to office-based meetings.
Equal Opportunity
- At Jupiter we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are interested in this role, but don’t think your experience aligns perfectly with every listed requirement in the job description, we would encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this role.