PIMCO Europe Ltd.
Senior CounselApplylocations: London, GBRtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R106434PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients' capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world's largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients. Position Overview PIMCO is seeking an exceptional investment management attorney to join its EMEA Legal team. This role is designed for a technically strong, commercially minded lawyer who can provide hands-on legal advice across key business functions, including the trade floor / portfolio management, client facing, product management and compliance, in relation to a diverse institutional client base including funds such as UCITS and AIFs. The role will be based in London and will work closely with other lawyers in PIMCO's European Legal team, which supports all aspects of PIMCO's business in EMEA, as well as the global distribution of PIMCO's European funds. Key Responsibilities The role will focus primarily on the following: Acting as a key legal adviser on portfolio management and trading-related issues, including providing legal advice on investment guideline interpretation and compliance, working closely with portfolio managers, compliance and risk. Advising the trade floor, client facing teams, product teams and compliance on eligibility and guideline questions (including for PIMCO UCITS and AIFMD funds, and sub-advised fund clients), including complex or novel issues. Advising on legal issues arising from institutional client mandates, fund investment arrangements and complex account structures, particularly where these intersect with investment activity or trading constraints. Advising on investment requirements across different clients/product types and jurisdictions. Contributing to updates to investment rule coding, guideline frameworks and governance or investment-related forums, including as needed to cover regulatory change or evolving market practice. Providing advice across regulations relevant to the trade floor, including UCITS/AIFMD, MiFID, Benchmarks Regulation, Securitisation Regulation, regulatory reporting regimes such as SFTR / EMIR and short selling rules, across both EU and UK regimes, including monitoring and advising on areas of regulatory divergence. Advising on day-to-day transactions, trading issues and real-time wall crossing / MNPI / market sounding matters. Providing transactional support to the trade floor, including in relation to private placements and structured investments, and advising on documentation, constraints and key execution risks. Advising on investment-related elements of fund documentation, including interaction between investment strategy, guidelines and legal restrictions. Supporting fund restructurings, investment strategy changes and trading activity that raise legal or regulatory interpretation questions. Advising portfolio management, product, client facing teams and compliance on ESG regulatory requirements, including ESG investment restrictions, PAI reporting, ESG-related disclosures and fund classifications and the practical impact of evolving ESG guidance on portfolios and trading activity. Experience Required Qualified lawyer with strong investment management experience, ideally within an asset manager or leading law firm. Good understanding of global fixed income management, securitisations, credit, equities, derivatives, public and private funds, commodities and real estate. Demonstrated experience advising on trade floor / investment-related legal and regulatory issues, including investment restrictions, eligibility analysis and real-time trading questions. Strong technical knowledge of UCITS/AIFMD investment powers, restrictions and guidelines. Experience instructing and working efficiently with external counsel, including across multiple disciplines/jurisdictions. Ability to provide clear, practical, timely and commercially focused advice to investment professionals. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Desirable Attributes Approximately 5+ years' post-qualification experience in investment management or financial services law. Prior experience supporting portfolio managers, traders or investment product teams. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, particularly in complex regulatory or guideline-driven matters. Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality advice under time pressure. Collaborative working style and strong professional judgment. Additional Information PIMCO offers a highly collaborative, intellectually rigorous environment with exposure to complex investment products and global markets. This role provides a strong platform for an attorney seeking to deepen technical expertise at the intersection of law, investing and trading, within a leading global asset manager.
Senior CounselApplylocations: London, GBRtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R106434PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients' capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world's largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients. Position Overview PIMCO is seeking an exceptional investment management attorney to join its EMEA Legal team. This role is designed for a technically strong, commercially minded lawyer who can provide hands-on legal advice across key business functions, including the trade floor / portfolio management, client facing, product management and compliance, in relation to a diverse institutional client base including funds such as UCITS and AIFs. The role will be based in London and will work closely with other lawyers in PIMCO's European Legal team, which supports all aspects of PIMCO's business in EMEA, as well as the global distribution of PIMCO's European funds. Key Responsibilities The role will focus primarily on the following: Acting as a key legal adviser on portfolio management and trading-related issues, including providing legal advice on investment guideline interpretation and compliance, working closely with portfolio managers, compliance and risk. Advising the trade floor, client facing teams, product teams and compliance on eligibility and guideline questions (including for PIMCO UCITS and AIFMD funds, and sub-advised fund clients), including complex or novel issues. Advising on legal issues arising from institutional client mandates, fund investment arrangements and complex account structures, particularly where these intersect with investment activity or trading constraints. Advising on investment requirements across different clients/product types and jurisdictions. Contributing to updates to investment rule coding, guideline frameworks and governance or investment-related forums, including as needed to cover regulatory change or evolving market practice. Providing advice across regulations relevant to the trade floor, including UCITS/AIFMD, MiFID, Benchmarks Regulation, Securitisation Regulation, regulatory reporting regimes such as SFTR / EMIR and short selling rules, across both EU and UK regimes, including monitoring and advising on areas of regulatory divergence. Advising on day-to-day transactions, trading issues and real-time wall crossing / MNPI / market sounding matters. Providing transactional support to the trade floor, including in relation to private placements and structured investments, and advising on documentation, constraints and key execution risks. Advising on investment-related elements of fund documentation, including interaction between investment strategy, guidelines and legal restrictions. Supporting fund restructurings, investment strategy changes and trading activity that raise legal or regulatory interpretation questions. Advising portfolio management, product, client facing teams and compliance on ESG regulatory requirements, including ESG investment restrictions, PAI reporting, ESG-related disclosures and fund classifications and the practical impact of evolving ESG guidance on portfolios and trading activity. Experience Required Qualified lawyer with strong investment management experience, ideally within an asset manager or leading law firm. Good understanding of global fixed income management, securitisations, credit, equities, derivatives, public and private funds, commodities and real estate. Demonstrated experience advising on trade floor / investment-related legal and regulatory issues, including investment restrictions, eligibility analysis and real-time trading questions. Strong technical knowledge of UCITS/AIFMD investment powers, restrictions and guidelines. Experience instructing and working efficiently with external counsel, including across multiple disciplines/jurisdictions. Ability to provide clear, practical, timely and commercially focused advice to investment professionals. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Desirable Attributes Approximately 5+ years' post-qualification experience in investment management or financial services law. Prior experience supporting portfolio managers, traders or investment product teams. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, particularly in complex regulatory or guideline-driven matters. Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality advice under time pressure. Collaborative working style and strong professional judgment. Additional Information PIMCO offers a highly collaborative, intellectually rigorous environment with exposure to complex investment products and global markets. This role provides a strong platform for an attorney seeking to deepen technical expertise at the intersection of law, investing and trading, within a leading global asset manager.
PIMCO Europe Ltd.
PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients' capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world's largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns. Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients. The successful candidate will support our Senior HR Business Partner in managing and enhancing the needs of our client group focused on selling financial products across the region. This role requires a proactive and strategic approach to talent management, including performance management, campus recruitment, learning and development, and the identification of opportunities to improve HR effectiveness through process optimization, automation, and AI-enabled solutions. This positioning is particularly aligned with where HR roles are evolving at firms like PIMCO, emphasizing not only operational excellence but also the use of AI and automation to increase HR capacity and strategic impact. Responsibilities Generalist Role Consult employees on mobility, manage family-friendly policies and long-term sickness absence, lead HR transformation projects, and update/create policy documents. Performance Management Support talent cycle processes, assist in performance reviews, consult on employee relations issues, and provide analytical support for performance metrics. Campus Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Collaborate with campus recruitment teams, understand resourcing requirements, and support immigration management for Intern, Analyst, and Associate programs. Learning and Development Utilize and develop talent development resources, identify training needs, and organize training sessions, workshops, and seminars. Talent Management and Strategy Support HR initiatives such as succession planning and employee engagement programs, create action plans following engagement surveys, and conduct exit interviews. Process Improvement, AI and Automation Facilitate process improvements across People Operations, focusing on efficiency, scalability, and employee experience in areas such as Leave of Absence management and Regulatory Referencing. Partner with stakeholders to identify process improvement and automation opportunities, leveraging AI-driven solutions to streamline HR operations, enhance data-driven insights, reduce administrative burden, and enable more strategic business support. Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies and digital tools that improve service delivery, operational effectiveness, and decision-making across HR processes. Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws. Applicants with Disabilities PIMCO is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans, in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system due to a disability and you would like to request an accommodation, you may contact us at and leave a message. This is a dedicated line designed exclusively to assist job seekers with disabilities to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be considered. A response to your request may take up to two business days. We believe that active management is the responsible way to invest our clients' assets in fixed income. For 50 years, we have worked relentlessly to help millions of investors pursue their objectives - regardless of shifting market conditions. Our clients rely on an investment process that has been tested in virtually every market environment. Bringing together our investment professionals from across the globe, PIMCO's investment process is designed to promote fresh ideas and differing points of view. We innovate to give our clients an edge. Innovation has long been part of the fabric of PIMCO's culture. Explore how we assess shifting risks and opportunities to build forward-looking solutions for investors.
PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients' capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world's largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns. Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients. The successful candidate will support our Senior HR Business Partner in managing and enhancing the needs of our client group focused on selling financial products across the region. This role requires a proactive and strategic approach to talent management, including performance management, campus recruitment, learning and development, and the identification of opportunities to improve HR effectiveness through process optimization, automation, and AI-enabled solutions. This positioning is particularly aligned with where HR roles are evolving at firms like PIMCO, emphasizing not only operational excellence but also the use of AI and automation to increase HR capacity and strategic impact. Responsibilities Generalist Role Consult employees on mobility, manage family-friendly policies and long-term sickness absence, lead HR transformation projects, and update/create policy documents. Performance Management Support talent cycle processes, assist in performance reviews, consult on employee relations issues, and provide analytical support for performance metrics. Campus Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Collaborate with campus recruitment teams, understand resourcing requirements, and support immigration management for Intern, Analyst, and Associate programs. Learning and Development Utilize and develop talent development resources, identify training needs, and organize training sessions, workshops, and seminars. Talent Management and Strategy Support HR initiatives such as succession planning and employee engagement programs, create action plans following engagement surveys, and conduct exit interviews. Process Improvement, AI and Automation Facilitate process improvements across People Operations, focusing on efficiency, scalability, and employee experience in areas such as Leave of Absence management and Regulatory Referencing. Partner with stakeholders to identify process improvement and automation opportunities, leveraging AI-driven solutions to streamline HR operations, enhance data-driven insights, reduce administrative burden, and enable more strategic business support. Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies and digital tools that improve service delivery, operational effectiveness, and decision-making across HR processes. Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws. Applicants with Disabilities PIMCO is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans, in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system due to a disability and you would like to request an accommodation, you may contact us at and leave a message. This is a dedicated line designed exclusively to assist job seekers with disabilities to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be considered. A response to your request may take up to two business days. We believe that active management is the responsible way to invest our clients' assets in fixed income. For 50 years, we have worked relentlessly to help millions of investors pursue their objectives - regardless of shifting market conditions. Our clients rely on an investment process that has been tested in virtually every market environment. Bringing together our investment professionals from across the globe, PIMCO's investment process is designed to promote fresh ideas and differing points of view. We innovate to give our clients an edge. Innovation has long been part of the fabric of PIMCO's culture. Explore how we assess shifting risks and opportunities to build forward-looking solutions for investors.