Job Description
Contract Role: Junior Legal Operations, Legal Market Engagement (Investment Banking)
Contract Location: London/Remote
Contract Duration: 6 months initially (PAYE inside IR35)
Contract Start: 5th January 2026
* Must have current/recent Investment Banking experience within Operations/Legal Operations *
This is an exciting opportunity for an engagement with one of our premiere Investment banking clients
Our client’s Global Legal function plays an important role in protecting the Group’s reputation by helping to future-proof the organisation through robust legal risk and issue advisory. Responsible for providing comprehensive legal advice to senior management and all global businesses and functions, the team offers a diverse range of legal skills, jurisdictional experience and practice specialisms across all countries and territories in which our businesses operate
Role Overview:
Join the Legal Market Engagement (LME) team to drive strategic development and delivery. Collaborate with mid-level and senior team members, including the Head of Market Engagement for Legal and PG&C. Engage with global stakeholders to effectively support and deliver the legal strategy.
The LME team plays a pivotal role in connecting the legal teams and external suppliers. The team ensures consistent management of suppliers, pricing and the bank’s most complex legal matters. By enhancing commercial awareness, fostering strong supplier relationships and overseeing performance, the LME team plays a key role in optimising legal operations and delivering value across the organisation.
We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join our team, working together with colleagues to define, manage and achieve divisional business targets. The selected candidate will not be required to perform all the listed responsibilities, but they should be adaptable and able to support a range of activities across the team as required.
Key Responsibilities:
* Commercial Expertise: Assist in managing and executing commercial operations, including risk management. Collaborate with cross-functional groups to support the development of commercial best practices.
* Relationship Management: Support the management of key supplier relationships, ensuring alignment with core values. Assist in fostering strong relationships across the business.
* Project Management: Help manage a portfolio of matters, supporting scoping, effective fee arrangements (EFA’s), and forecasting.
* Pricing Support: Aid in the development and implementation of commercial strategies, including scoping, tendering, and reporting.
* MI Insights: Assist in developing and ensuring the accuracy of MI insights for strategic decision-making.
* Financial Reporting: Support timely reporting of matter costs, budget forecasts, and savings.
* Process Development: Contribute to creating and maintaining commercial processes, tools, and strategies, ensuring accurate knowledge sharing.
* Compliance: Ensure adherence to commercial processes, governance, and reporting.
Experience and Skills Requirements:
* Must have current/recent Investment Banking experience within Operations/Legal Operations
* Strong stakeholder management and business development skills.
* Basic project management experience with knowledge of best practices.
* Ability to analyse data and provide strategic recommendations.
* Experience with e-Billing software or similar is advantageous.
* Strong judgment and communication skills.
* Attention to detail and analytical skills.
* Proficient in Excel for data analysis and report creation.
* Ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities.
#LI-Remote
Requirements
Legal operations