International Lawyer (Spanish speaking) - Leeds

Job Introduction

The Office of the General Counsel ('OGC') at DAC Beachcroft is recruiting for an international Lawyer qualified in a Spanish speaking jurisdiction or a Spanish speaking Solicitor.

The successful candidate will provide support and assistance to colleagues in our international offices – in particular our Latin American and Spanish offices - working on a wide range of international topics, including but not limited to: (i) contractual work (ii) financial crime, (iii) anti-money laundering, (iv) horizon scanning, (v) data protection, (vi) supplier on-boarding, (vii) corporate governance and (viii) risk management.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and adaptability to different cultures.

Training, supervision and guidance will be provided by our multinational team.

Working hours: 35 hours a week. 

Although the role is based in the Leeds office, DACB now operates its Flex-Forward way of working, which means the successful candidate will agree with their line manager an appropriate split of time between office and home based working.

We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role as set out in this advert.  If this applies to you contact disabilityconfident@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the team will be in touch. 

We are happy to talk flexible working and have in place a Flex-forward working scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Role Responsibility

• Drafting and reviewing of contracts with international elements in both English and Spanish.
• Assisting Locations Heads, Money Laundering Reporting Officers, and Data Protection Officers, as required.
• Assisting the international offices' Company Secretaries with filing or regulatory obligations as required from time to time.
• Assisting with various aspects of DACB’s ongoing projects to expand its international offering.
• Assisting with the preparation of reports for the General Counsel and wider DACB management.
• Horizon scanning for legislative and regulatory changes that may affect our international business; and, putting forward ideas and potential solutions to address them.
• Assisting with the development and upkeep of the international framework of policies.
• Researching a wide variety of topics in relation to the above listed topics as applicable in various jurisdictions.
• Drafting, organising, distributing and (where applicable) completing due diligence questionnaires (which our clients have requested from our international offices; or, which we have requested from our suppliers).
• Translating of OGC material to harmonise the Group's compliance requirements and to promote the framework in which the Group operates.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Will have a law degree, legal qualification or relevant experience in a Spanish or English speaking jurisdiction.
• Will be able to communicate persuasively in English and Spanish, both verbally and in writing.
• Enjoys a dynamic and fast-paced work.
• Confident and proactive, with excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Able to work under pressure, and efficiently manage time to meet evolving business needs.
• Enjoys research, critical analysis and new challenges.
• Able to analyse complex information, and present findings in a concise way.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good team player who is supportive of others and easily adapts to different cultures, as well as being able to work independently.
• Interested in developing risk and compliance expertise.
• Respond positively to change.
• Good IT skills.

Desirable

• Qualified to degree level education in any country (preferably in Law).
• The ability to communicate effectively in a third language (European languages are of particular interest).

Advantageous

• Will have experience in a similar role or an interest to develop their risk and compliance expertise in the above.
• Previous experience of working in a regulated industry, such as Legal or Financial Services in an international environment.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office packages (further training will be given, if required).

About the Company

We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe.  In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe. 

Working with us

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.

Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.

We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don’t just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you as an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the ‘whole you’ to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are!

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft LLP resourcing team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals.  Whilst we do work with recruitment agencies, we will formally release those vacancies to instructed agencies deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the resourcing team will not be accepted and no introduction fee will be applicable.  Our resourcing team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com.

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