NatWest Group
Managing Legal Counsel (12 months)
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Managing Legal Counsel (12 months)
Managing Legal Counsel – Private Banking & Wealth Management
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior legal role within one of the UK’s leading Private Banking and Wealth Management businesses.
You’ll support Coutts & Co at a pivotal point in its growth journey, shaping legal decisions in a period of strategic expansion and integration. This role will be offered for a period of 12 months.
About the Role
As our Managing Legal Counsel, you’ll lead on high-quality, varied legal work, partnering with senior stakeholders within a collaborative, commercially focused legal team. You’ll:
- Provide practical, clear legal advice that supports strategic decision-making and drives strong commercial outcomes.
- Work closely with business leaders to deliver efficiency, clarity, and effectiveness in stakeholder communications.
- Play a key role during a period of growth within the Private Banking and Wealth Management business.
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Key Responsibilities
Your work will focus on:
- Providing proactive, commercially focused legal advice on:
- Wealth management
- Retail investment products and services
- Supporting strategic growth and integration, including:
- Advising on key initiatives
- Effectively managing legal risks
- Partnering with senior stakeholders across:
- Risk
- Compliance
- Governance
- Balancing commercial objectives with legal and regulatory requirements in a regulated environment.
- Driving improvements in operating practices and processes, identifying opportunities to:
- Enhance efficiency
- Reduce complexity
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Skills & Qualifications
We’re seeking a financial services professional with:
- Deep expertise in wealth management and retail investments, including:
- Legal and regulatory knowledge
- Leadership capability, demonstrating:
- Team guidance
- Strategic influence across complex and high-level work
- Ability to:
- Identify and assess strategic risk, legal risk, and reputational risk
- Provide clear direction for their mitigation or resolution
- Commercial acumenand confidence to establish:
- Trusted relationships with senior executives
- Credibility among peers and external partners
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