Junior Legal Associate
Role Overview
The Junior Legal Associate reports to the Head of Legal and Compliance and supports legal, regulatory, and corporate advisory services across financial services, capital markets, brokerage, and fintech activities.
The role involves drafting, regulatory research, contract review, financial licensing, corporate transactions, governance, and ongoing compliance work.
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About BitDelta Group
BitDelta Group is a multi-asset financial services company serving retail and institutional clients.
Its entities operate under separate regulatory frameworks and provide securities, trading, and investment services.
About the role
The Junior Legal Associate reports to the Head of Legal and Compliance and supports legal, regulatory, and corporate advisory services across financial services, capital markets, brokerage, and fintech activities.
The role involves drafting, regulatory research, contract review, financial licensing, corporate transactions, governance, and ongoing compliance work.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and maintain client agreements, NDAs, service and consultancy agreements, employment contracts, corporate and board resolutions, and shareholder agreements; maintain legal records.
- Draft, review, and update AML/CFT frameworks, compliance manuals, risk policies, onboarding procedures, and governance frameworks; keep documentation aligned with applicable requirements.
- Prepare regulatory applications and submissions; support financial-services, capital-markets, and fintech licensing projects and coordinate with regulators and stakeholders.
- Assist with regulatory business plans, financial projections, governance structures, operational frameworks, and compliance programs.
- Research legal and regulatory matters, monitor developments, and prepare memoranda, briefing notes, regulatory summaries, and management reports.
- Review commercial contracts, assess legal, regulatory, operational, and reputational risks, recommend improvements, and support negotiations under supervision.
- Conduct legal and compliance due diligence on vendors, technology providers, liquidity providers, payment providers, outsourcing partners, and professional services firms.
- Develop knowledge of equities, bonds, commodities, derivatives, CFDs, FX, futures and options, margin trading, and settlement processes.
- Develop understanding of MT5, Iress, and CQG platforms, client lifecycle, execution workflows, risk controls, and platform governance.
- Support restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, shareholder transactions, transaction documents, due diligence, and corporate approvals.
- Assist with litigation, employment disputes, regulatory investigations, external counsel, supporting documentation, chronologies, and legal submissions.
- Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, Operations, and Business teams; coordinate document execution and regulatory filings and support client advisory assignments.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized university.
- One to three years of experience in a law firm, consultancy, financial institution, fintech company, or regulatory environment.
- Strong legal drafting and contract review skills; excellent analytical, research, and communication abilities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of financial services, capital markets, or fintech regulations; exposure to AML/CFT and compliance frameworks.
- Experience supporting licensing applications and regulatory submissions is preferred.
- Professional certifications in Compliance, AML, Risk Management, or Financial Services are advantageous.
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