Paralegal - OSTTRA

OSTTRA
The Role: Paralegal for OSTTRA (Global support)

The Team: In this role, you will support the Osttra General counsel and the legal team in advising the organization on licensing, legal, regulatory, and related matters, including contract operations, development of best practices and governance, and project management. You will be a key partner to the broader Osttra organization as well as to divisional legal, risk, compliance, commercial, product, and business colleagues (including senior management) in addressing Osttra related matters. We value partnership and it is crucial that you are a great teammate with a global mindset in order to be successful within our organization.

The Impact: You are tasked with responding to internal client inquiries, providing valuable support in the handling of legal matters and all aspects of contract process, reviewing, and databasing, training the commercial organization on legal and contracting procedures, negotiating and drafting contracts for post-trade financial services, and assisting with special projects including development and execution of legal, contract, and legal operations related policies and procedures and strategic partnerships/M&A as needed.

What’s in it for you:
The Paralegal will work in a dynamic, client-facing environment and will have the opportunity to apply and develop negotiation and drafting skills, project management skills, operational knowledge, governance development, strategic partnerships and company secretarial experience, regulatory experience and work independently as well as be part of a global, highly matrixed team that provides crucial support to Osttra.

Responsibilities:
Assisting senior attorney in developing and training on appropriate policies and procedures, including in areas concerning licensing, anti-trust, marketing, privacy, and other regulatory matters.
Negotiate and draft various contracts such as product licenses, data vendor agreements, confidentiality agreements, software licenses, and amendments. You will be well-versed in commonly used alternate provisions and drafting customized contract provisions.
Draft legal correspondence and other documentation related to vendor and customer agreements.
Review, proofread and finalize contracts to ensure executable version is ready, including review for typographical errors, formatting and cross-referencing and covert documents from Word to PDF.
Take minutes at internal management meetings and committees.
Work with management to create efficiencies in the contracting process.
Develop playbooks and FAQs to help support business, product, and commercial licensing
Develop and train on internal licensing procedures and systems.
Develop, maintain, and update boilerplate/standard forms as needed and in response to changing markets and industry trends and practices.
Ensure that executed contracts are entered into the Department’s contract database on a timely and accurate basis.
Participate in and/or lead projects, including for strategic partnerships and due diligence activities related to acquisitions and divestiture.

What We’re Looking For:Basic Qualifications:
Excellent EQ and interpersonal skills. You should be people oriented, collegial, and confident with frequent client-facing interactions (via e-mail, phone, and in-person).
3-4 years paralegal or closely related experience in business/legal affairs, preferably in-house.
Has a can-do attitude, able to work under pressure, tight deadlines and to manage the expectations of clients and salespeople.
Strong verbal/written communication and business writing abilities
Ease with working independently but advancing issues as needed
Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn quickly and handle multiple and competing priorities simultaneously
Excellent organizational skills and attention to details
Ability to work effectively in line with changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:
Skilled use of Salesforce and contracts tool within the platform.
Working Experience in the financial services industry and coordinating with sales and product management departments
Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, Adobe, Outlook, and PowerPoint as well as familiarity with a contract database-type system
Prior experience with Privacy or other regulatory matters
Prior experience supporting company secretarial teams, including minute taking

Flexible Working
We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please talk to us at interview about the type of arrangement that is best for you. We will always try to be adaptable wherever we can.

Return to Work
Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative (link to career site page when available), we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

Grade Level: 10 ( relevant for internal applicants only )

Location : London, Duval Square

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Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law.

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Job ID: 285003
Posted On: 2023-05-13
Location: London, United Kingdom