Senior Legal Counsel

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
 

With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
 

“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL - Responsible for Luxembourg and Belgium Activities

You will be leading the Luxembourg and Belgium legal activities for the Bank, report to the Head of Legal Europe and work in a muti cultural and multilingual legal team of 5 persons in Luxembourg responsible for  European Activities in Spain, UK, Italy and France.

YOUR ROLE

• Provide expert Legal advice on banking and investment activities and be in charge of contractual documentation for the activities of the Head Office in Luxembourg and the Belgium branch and Luxembourg Offices;
• Provide support on the European coordination on legal matters and regulations in particular for matters relating to legislation concerning banking and financial activities;
• Legal support for EU Regulatory projects;
• Create or review Client Documentation and banking Contracts in coordination with the other members of the legal team;
• Provide and interpret legal information, conduct training and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff;
• Legal support for complaints of clients and litigation (review progress of outstanding litigation, liaise with and manage external lawyers, and advise management accordingly);
• Legal support for miscellaneous internal projects developing LOESA;
• Provide legal support for credit operations and transactions, including drafting and reviewing credit agreements and collateral management;
• Assist private bankers in understanding legal and regulatory obligations when establishing client agreements.

YOUR PROFILE

• A Master’s degree in Law, specializing in Banking, Financial Law with relevant working experience of 7-10 years in Belgium or in Luxembourg covering the Luxembourgish and Belgium markets in the financial field;
• Excellent knowledge of Belgium and Luxembourg Law with a thorough understanding of European banking law;
• A thorough understanding of MIFID II and other European banking Law;
• A good understanding of French, UK, Spain and or Italian Law is a plus.
• Hands-on approach & client oriented, excellent responsiveness and result-oriented;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communications skills;
• Flexible, adaptable, polyvalent & excellent organizational skills are essential.
• French, English mother tongue or excellent knowledge;
• Flemish, Italian, Spanish is a plus.

NB: Please be aware that in accordance with the current law and job requirements, the selected candidate will be requested to provide a criminal record (section 3).

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.