interim Legal Counsel (12 month FTC)

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About Jupiter

Jupiter is one of the UK’s leading investment management companies with just over 500 employees and £73.7 billion worth of assets under management (as at 30th June 2026). 

Jupiter provides investment services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds (UK unit trusts, Luxembourg SICAVs and Dublin OEICs), separately managed accounts and sub-advised funds. Jupiter has experienced a period of international growth with offices open in EMEA and APAC.

The majority of our employees are based in our London office located just minutes from Victoria station which provides stair-free access from both the Underground’s Victoria line and National Rail platforms, as well as limited road crossings to the Jupiter office. Our London office was designed to encourage employees to live active, healthy lives with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow for greater natural light and the benefit of a private balcony, table tennis room, cycle storage and on-site shower and locker facilities. The short distance to Green Park and St James' Park also provides employees with a natural space to relax during their lunch break and a healthy alternative to office-based meetings. 

We offer our UK employees a 3:2 hybrid working arrangement where Tuesdays, Thursdays and a third day of your choice are worked from the office. The other two days may be worked from home.  This facilitates collaboration and allows employees to maximise productivity whilst maintaining a healthy work/life balance.

Background

This is an exciting opportunity to join Jupiter’s Legal team in a 12-month interim Legal Counsel role. The Legal team has a strong reputation internally and externally as a high performing, multi-disciplinary, diverse team which contributes meaningfully to the key strategic priorities of the firm. The role will provide general advice on legal issues across the business including Jupiter’s Irish UCITS fund range, Cayman fund platform, general contractual undertakings and legal/regulatory matters of the Jupiter business. The role requires strong collaborative relationships across Jupiter, aligned with our cultural values: passion for clients; think bigger; be tenacious; work together.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with other members of the Legal team, Product Development, Client Group, Compliance, Operations and other departments on matters relating to:
• Jupiter’s Irish UCITS fund range;
• Jupiter’s Cayman fund platform;
• contractual arrangements relating to client investments and fund service providers; and
• general legal/regulatory matters related to Jupiter’s business and its fund ranges.
• Reviewing contracts related to Jupiter’s wider business (including distribution agreements) and providing legal advice to best satisfy business requirements.
• Obtaining advice from external advisers as appropriate and liaising with internal departments.
• Advising on and assisting the business to comply with regulatory requirements working closely with the Compliance Department.    
• Providing legal support on ad hoc projects as required.
• Assisting the other members of the Legal Department in maintaining and growing its processes and procedures including know-how, precedent database and AI adoption.

Desired Skills / Experience

Essential:

• Qualified UK Solicitor with 4+ years PQE (having qualified within a leading law firm).
• Financial services experience (ideally within the asset management team of a leading law firm or in-house role) with knowledge of UCITS, AIFMD and MiFID.
• Experience of working on full range of legal aspects related to UCITS fund ranges, AIFs and related ancillary matters.
• Practical, first-hand experience of working in and across international markets (ideally including some or all of those markets in which Jupiter has a presence).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, both with internal partners and external providers and advisers.
• Positive, pragmatic approach to work, with strong commercial awareness.
• Familiarity with using usual software, document management systems and AI tools.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in an in-house environment, whether on secondment or otherwise.
• Experience and some knowledge of the FCA Handbook, including experience of dealing with Consumer Duty considerations.

Values

• Commitment to high performance together with high integrity culture.
• Client-centric approach to legal issues.
• Proactivity and positive approach.
• Be both guardian and valued business partner.
• Curiosity, including seeking opportunities to improve processes and practices with AI

Additional Role Details

• This role is subject to the Conduct Rules set by the FCA.

Don’t meet every requirement? At Jupiter we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are interested in this role, but don’t think your experience aligns perfectly with every listed requirement in the job description, we would encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this role.