About Us

Rothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets.

Our expertise, intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients, communities and planet.

We have 4,200 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world, enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market-leading business divisions – Global Advisory, Wealth Management, Asset Management and Five Arrows.

As a family-controlled business built on relationships, we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward.

Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where diversity and different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment, development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.

The Group Legal team forms part of the Group Legal & Compliance Department and provides legal support to all business areas of the group. In addition to non-contentious matters, the Group Legal team also has responsibility for assisting with the management of litigation, data privacy issues and name protection matters (contentious and non-contentious). Whilst a significant portion of the work of the team relates to the UK business of the group, the department provides material legal support to other Rothschild & Co offices around the globe and is responsible for coordinating the legal function across the group as a whole.

The role is likely to encompass a broad range of Global Advisory, commercial and contentious work, including but not limited to:

• Reviewing/commenting on/negotiating Global Advisory confidentiality agreement and simple engagement letters and terms of business;
• Assisting in connection with horizon scanning for legal and regulatory change;
• Coordinating the response to DSARs
• Assisting with maintenance of trademark portfolios and name protection matters (including domain name disputes)
• Assisting with administration tasks in connection with ongoing litigation
• providing support in connection with ad hoc projects as required;
• providing legal advice to other group functions, including Finance and HR;
• providing support to other senior lawyers in the department as required;

Skills required

• Excellent written skills;
• Excellent inter-personal skills (ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels (both internally and externally);
• Ability to build effective relationships, including as a member of a small team;
• First class organisational skills, good attention to detail and accuracy are essential;
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• Willingness to take on a diverse workload and to adapt to and embrace new challenges;
• Experience of M&A transaction advisory work, either in private practice or existing in-house role at an investment bank would be helpful;