Senior Legal Counsel

2 months ago

Chicago, United States Northern Trust Full time

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role/ Department: Senior Legal Counsel/Banking Practice Group
As a member of Northern Trust’s Legal Department, this attorney will be responsible for providing high quality legal advice and counsel to our senior management and business partners in a manner consistent with our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. The ideal candidate will be an attorney with broad experience in technology matters for a global financial organization, including general commercial contract negotiations, SaaS and licensing contracts, client facing technology tools and products, cloud and on-prem technologies, distributed leger technology, and artificial intelligence. The candidate will support business partners across the enterprise on a wide range of legal issues, including technology licensing, new product development, and the applicable regulatory landscape that applies to financial institutions operating across multiple geographies. The position will be in the Banking Practice Group and will report to an Assistant General Counsel.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Advise business units, technology engineers, product development teams and business unit legal teams in the development, negotiation and support of client facing contracts involving technology products and concepts (e.g., SaaS; software licenses; data licenses; distributed ledger technology; federated single sign on);
• Develop and update template contracts, playbooks, terms of use, and other terms and conditions related to technology initiatives and products (e.g., Northern Trust web portals and platforms, APIs, other software) for use by business units across the enterprise;
• Collaborate with other cross functional teams and SMEs (e.g., Data Privacy, Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Tax), including in other jurisdictions, as needed;
• Advise and contribute to committees and working groups (e.g., IT Risk; Cloud governance; AI) focused on new technology initiatives at the bank;
• Advise and lead negotiations around strategic transactions including complex license agreements, reseller agreements, and other corporate development arrangements;
• Provide legal support for technology related corporate initiatives as requested and support other Legal Department and Banking Practice Group team members; and
• Stay current on legal and regulatory developments that impact the banking sector, and adapt template contracts as needed.


Skills/Qualifications:
• Minimum combined ten (10) years of experience at a nationally recognized law firm and/or in-house legal department advising clients in relevant areas;
• Proven record of independently drafting, negotiating, and reviewing various types of technology contracts and agreements, including software licenses, distributed ledger technologies, managed services, and on-prem and SaaS license agreements, with an appreciation of the issues on both the vendor and client sides;
• In-depth experience with the legal and regulatory aspects that can impact contract requirements for financial organizations across jurisdictions, including familiarity with the impacts of placing data in the cloud (e.g., FRB SR13-19, PRA SS2/21, GDPR, CCPA, DORA, EU AI Act);
• Experience working for a regulated financial institution;
• Ability to work cooperatively with all levels of the organization and provide legal advice and counsel on a wide range of technology-related matters;
• Ability to conduct in-depth legal analysis and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to manage relationships with business partners, clients, and outside counsel; and
• Current knowledge of applicable existing and upcoming regulations impacting the banking industry.
• JD from an accredited law school; and admitted to practice in Illinois.

Working Model: Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid)
We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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