Job Description

Purpose of the role

To advise on and manage litigation, investigation & enforcement proceedings and ensure that these are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for managing litigation, investigations and enforcement including the management of external support.
• Legal advice and support to the bank on contentious legal matters.
• Representation of the bank in legal proceedings such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Creation and review of legal documents relevant to cases, and processes, policies and procedures designed to reduce legal and regulatory risk across the bank.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws, rules and regulations that may impact the bank's litigation, investigations, and enforcement activities.
• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to and/or arising from litigation, investigations, and enforcement proceedings.
• Proactively identifying, communicating, and providing legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join a market‑leading in‑house litigation, investigations and enforcement team at the heart of Barclays’ most complex and high‑profile matters within the UK, Europe and Middle East. As a senior lawyer in the you team you will provide expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to internal stakeholders and engage with an array of external stakeholders. Disputes may involve defending claims from customers or third parties or bringing claims to recover Barclays’ assets. You will also work with the team on internal and external investigations. The work is varied, intellectually demanding and genuinely consequential.

Purpose of the role:

• To advise on and manage claims and potential claims by or against Barclays

• To advise on and work within a team managing internal and external investigations and contentious regulatory issues

• To proactively work with teams in Barclays’ business to identify and manage legal and regulatory risks. To help to ensure the delivery of functionally excellent litigation and investigations services within Barclays

To be successful as a Legal Counsel, Litigation, Investigations & Enforcement EME VP, you should have:

• Experience working on financial services matters at a law firm and/or inhouse experience

• Proactive, collaborative team player who is commercially aware

• General banking law (in a disputes context, or otherwise)

• We have found that the requirements of this role would generally require 10 or more years of post-practice experience, but we are open to hearing from candidates who may have shorter periods of qualification or have different types of experience which would meet the needs of the role

• English-Qualified lawyer (or equivalent) with litigation and/or enforcement experience

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role can be based in London or Glasgow.