Foreign Qualified Lawyers

Foreign Qualified Lawyers

We Are Hiring Foreign Qualified Lawyers

About Cleveland & Co

Cleveland & Co External In-House Counsel™ is a specialist outsourced legal team providing
legal advisory services to the investment management industry. We are built on our ability to
think differently, pioneering a better way to serve our clients in an ever-changing world, while
fostering a culture of success.

As a team of highly skilled professionals at the top of our game, we got here because we
believe in doing whatever it takes to be successful. We are current, resourceful, dynamic,
agile, and proud of the impact we can make in the world. Our single global team of pace setting
professionals is the key to supporting our global client base and their continued success. We
pride ourselves on being flexible, effective, and efficient in determining our clients’ objectives
and are driven by their success. Our ambitions and successes are reflected through the
diverse team we’ve built and the 200+ international clients we’ve won, who represent a
combined AUM of over £9 trillion.

We have offices in London and Sydney and will be setting up a North American office in the
near future. To inspire our team to be fully engaged in our mission of becoming global, we
offer a secondment programme to our employees to explore and work across our offices in
the UK and Australia.

Are you ready to be part of a firm that is at a very exciting stage in its lifecycle with never-
ending opportunities?

Are You Looking For A Fresh Challenge?

Cleveland & Co External In-House Counsel™ is a growing business, and we value honest
people with drive who contribute to the team’s and our client's success. As a firm regulated by
the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (“SRA”), we are looking to recruit talented people who can
grow within the firm and take part in shaping its future. If you are results-focused, accountable,
and looking for a role that will support your development, then you’re the perfect fit. If you love
what you do and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you.



We Are Looking For Ambitious Foreign Qualified Lawyers

We are looking for ambitious foreign qualified lawyers to work out of our London and Sydney
offices. This excellent opportunity provides a varied role that will offer a broad range of
experience with firms across the financial services industry. The ideal candidate will have at
least 3 years’ experience either in industry, in house or in private practice in ideally two or
more of the following areas:

• investment management (retail and/or professional clients);
• regulated and unregulated funds (including working with responsible entities or

trustees);

• distribution of funds or other financial products;

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• fund establishment;
• hedge funds;
• private equity;
• real estate;
• trading and derivatives;
• custody and administration services;
• corporate transactional documentation; and
• commercial contracts.

Must-have criteria for this role:

• law degree;
• current practising certificate;
• at least 3 years’ legal work experience in the jurisdiction you hold a practising certificate;
• English language proficiency;
• independent, resourceful, and confident with great problem-solving skills;
• strong interpersonal skills, business sense, and professionalism to communicate with all

levels of management, staff and clients located in different jurisdictions;

• proactive, able to take the initiative and anticipate the firm’s and client’s needs;
• ability to work effectively with a range of personality types and seniority levels;
• highly motivated self-starter with a history of pushing for deadline-driven results;
• ability to jump in and support the team when/where needed;
• lead and be one step ahead, constantly thinking about what needs to be done next to

improve efficiency for the team and our clients;

• ability to work in an environment requiring attention to detail and high levels of accuracy;
• ability to work autonomously where required, meet deadlines and handle queries from

inside and outside the company;
- ability to commute to either our London or Sydney offices (as applicable) as this is an in-

office role with flexible working policy; and

• a mac laptop as we operate a BYOA(pple) policy to allow for maximum agility.
  

Responsibilities

You will work within the team to take the lead on a variety of client work, including without
limitation:

• financial services regulation;
• funds (mutual, private equity, real estate, hedge and listed);
• distribution and placement;
• investment advice, execution, transition management, overlay;
• custody and administration;
• broker-dealer arrangements;
• trading documentation;
• entity establishment;
• transactional documentation (LPAs, Asset and Share Sale Agreements, term sheets,

DD etc);

• corporate lending; and
• commercial contracts.
  

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Benefits

• Sponsorship for UK residents under the UK’s Skilled Worker visa sponsorship scheme;
• Opportunity to immediately impact growing a successful firm with industry recognition;
• Secondment opportunities between the London and Sydney offices;
• Performance bonus scheme;
• Profit share scheme;
• Pension;
• Shorter Friday workday and work from home;
• A culture of success focused on our values and results;
• Exciting and varied work, with opportunity to gain experience from multiple investment

firms;

• One-to-one mentoring with experienced investment management lawyers and a

collaborative team environment;

• Scope for fast career progression and skills development;
• Opportunity to attend relevant courses;
• External mentoring programme;
• Casual dress; and
• Annual company events & regular social events.

Location

These are global roles open for our London office in Bermondsey and in Sydney, Australia.

We have a relaxed and friendly office environment, and we dress casually unless we are
meeting with clients.

Salary

FTE: competitive salary based on experience. We actively encourage candidates to apply who
may also be looking for part-time employment or flexible working as well as those returning
from a career break.

Contact Details:

Please contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@cleveland-co.com for more information
or to submit your CV.

Please see our careers page for further information about working with us https://cleveland-
co.com/life/our-jobs/