Your newpany
A leading global investment organisation is seeking an interim legal professional to join on a full‑time, rolling 3‑month contract. The business operates within a high‑performance trading environment and is currently undertaking a strategic programme of work to strengthen its dataernance and contractual infrastructure. This includes a major initiative to update, streamline, and repaper a broad suite of market‑data licencing agreements across both exchange and non‑exchange providers.
This role is fully office-based, with occasional flexibility.
Your new role
You will play a key role within a lean but highly effective legal function, taking ownership of a specialist portfolio of work focused on market‑data licencing, contract repapering, and regulatory support. Your main responsibility will be reviewing, negotiating, and repapering exchange and non‑exchange data‑licensing agreements.
You may also be involved in:
1. Managing updates to agreements with market‑data vendors, index providers, and other data sources
2. Supporting the development of a stronger, more independent contractual andernance structure for data usage within the business
3. Advising internal teams on contractual obligations, licencing restrictions, and regulatory considerations
4. Serving as a subject‑matter expert on data‑licensing frameworks within a sophisticated trading environment
This role offers meaningful autonomy, high visibility, and the opportunity to influence a core strategic programme within a global investment business.
What you'll need to succeed
You must be a qualified solicitor or barrister with hands‑on experience in market‑data licencing. Although the role is typically suited to someone around 3–5 years’ PQE, this is a guideline only, and candidates above or below that range are wee to apply.
You must have:
5. Demonstrable experience handling exchange and non‑exchange data‑licensing agreements
6. Experience in contract repapering, remediation, or regulatory uplift
7. A background in financial services - such as financial regulation teams, banks, asset managers, or market‑infrastructure firms
8. Strongmercial contracting and negotiation skills
9. The ability to operate independently andmunicate effectively with senior stakeholders
Experience working with market‑data providers such as index publishers, execution venues, or large financial‑data vendors would be really beneficial.
What you'll get in return
10. Apetitive day rate, dependent on experience
11. The opportunity to work within a globally respected investment environment
12. Exposure to high‑impact, business‑critical dataernance and licencing initiatives
13. A collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and fast‑moving culture