Legal Counsel - Index Products Legal Group

Location

London

Business Area

Legal, Compliance, and Risk

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Bloomberg's Legal & Compliance Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. We move quickly and thoughtfully to help address a variety of complex issues that come with being the world's leading financial news and information company. Our team is made up of talented and hardworking legal and compliance professionals who think creatively and work collaboratively in an open environment to deliver results, drive innovation, and solve difficult problems. We are committed to a workplace where all of our employees can thrive regardless of background, and where everyone feels empowered to make an impact. We also recognize the importance of giving back to our communities as evidenced by our award-winning pro bono program!

The Index Products Legal team within Bloomberg's Legal & Compliance Department works closely with Bloomberg's Index business to advise on the development, licensing and commercialization of our global family of benchmark and bespoke indices. Our colleagues rely on our deep product and commercial expertise to help close deals efficiently, while protecting the business from undue legal risk.

We are seeking an experienced commercial and product counsel with an understanding of financial indices and their related markets to work closely with the Index business, delivering top-quality, timely legal advice that supports innovation and growth.

As a Legal Counsel within the Index Products Legal Group, you will play a key role in advising Bloomberg's index offerings. This highly collaborative role involves partnering with Sales, Product, Compliance and other legal teams, to provide practical, business-focused counsel that helps shape new index initiatives and commercial strategy.

You will draft, review and negotiate a broad range of customer and partner agreements, while identifying and helping to manage legal, regulatory, and intellectual property risks associated with new index products and data usage. You will also contribute to continuous improvement by enhancing templates, processes and knowledge-sharing within the team. Bloomberg Indices Services Limited, a subsidiary of Bloomberg, administers, calculates and licenses indices with a global footprint, including the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index family, one of the world's most widely used fixed income index families. The expanding Bloomberg Index business also encompasses equity, commodity, currency, and crypto indices.

Based at Bloomberg's European headquarters in London, this role offers the opportunity to work in a fast paced, high energy environment and to be an integral partner in driving product development, identifying business risks, and supporting strategic decision-making across the Index business.

• Qualified in England and Wales (or equivalent jurisdiction)
• Experience with financial indices or commercial licensing transactions, either at a top law firm or in house in the financial sector
• Experience drafting and negotiating, and advising clients on, challenging and complex licensing transactions
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to explain legal issues clearly to business and technology professionals
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients
• Ability to work well under pressure and to provide concise and commercially focused advice

• Experience with financial indices or index licensing
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of other disciplines, often across regions and time zones
• Interest in identifying and using technology to improve efficiency
• Strong project management and leadership skills

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