Interim Commercial Counsel - Financial Services

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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 data-governance 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:

• Managing updates to agreements with market-data vendors, index providers, and other data sources
• Supporting the development of a stronger, more independent contractual and governance structure for data usage within the business
• Advising internal teams on contractual obligations, licencing restrictions, and regulatory considerations
• 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 welcome to apply. You must have:

• Demonstrable experience handling exchange and non-exchange data-licensing agreements
• Experience in contract repapering, remediation, or regulatory uplift
• A background in financial services - such as financial regulation teams, banks, asset managers, or market-infrastructure firms
• Strong commercial contracting and negotiation skills
• The ability to operate independently and communicate 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

• A competitive day rate, dependent on experience
• The opportunity to work within a globally respected investment environment
• Exposure to high-impact, business-critical data-governance and licencing initiatives
• A collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and fast-moving culture

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