Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (IBIE), one of Ireland’s leading investment firms, is seeking a talented solicitor or barrister to join our team as Legal Counsel.  

This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse range of legal and regulatory matters in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment. It is ideally suited to someone with three to five years' post-qualification experience with a background in financial services regulation and who thrives in a collaborative, fast paced can-do environment.

The successful candidate will be part of the IBIE Legal team based in the Dublin office but will interact daily with the wider Interactive Brokers’ (IBKR) Global and European legal and compliance teams.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Providing day-to-day legal advice to internal stakeholders across the business on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters.
• Advising on the design and roll-out of new products, services and business offerings, including advising on cross-border business activities, passporting arrangements and applicable conduct of business rules.
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating customer-facing contractual agreements, disclosures, account documentation and website materials.
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with institutional clients and counterparties.
• Assisting with regulatory inquiries from the Central Bank of Ireland and other EU regulatory authorities, as well as EU and worldwide exchanges.
• Liaising and engaging with external legal advisers.

Skill and Qualifications:

• A qualified lawyer (solicitor or barrister) with 3-5 years of experience at a law firm, financial institution, financial services regulatory agency, exchange, broker-dealer or technology company.
• Excellent academic background with a strong foundation in legal analysis and reasoning.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to outline complex matters in a simple, logical and concise manner.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team and to build strong working relationships with colleagues across different functions and jurisdictions.
• A positive, can-do attitude, willingness to proactively problem solve and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.

Location:

North Dock One, 91/92 North Wall Quay, Dublin D01 H7V7 (4 days in office, 1 day remote per week) 

Benefits:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Performance-based discretionary cash and stock bonus scheme.
• Medical Insurance (including dependants).
• Group Life Assurance.
• Group Income Protection.
• Group pension scheme.
• Hybrid working model.
• Daily company subsidised lunch and healthy snack options throughout the day (when working in-office).
• Corporate events.
• Tax Saver Commuter & Cycle to Work scheme.

Other Terms and Conditions:

• Candidates are on a probationary period of 6 months from the date of joining.
• Candidates must have a UK or EU passport or a qualifying work permit/residency to work in Ireland.

Role Description

We’re looking for a Commercial Counsel - EMEA Lead to be a key member of Dropbox’s global commercial legal team with a primary focus on EMEA sales and channel related deals, processes, and relationships, as well as EMEA-specific procurement deal work and support. Reporting directly to the Head of Global Commercial Legal, this leadership role offers an exciting opportunity to have company-wide impact primarily supporting Dropbox’s EMEA and global sales and channel strategy and other cross functional teams and EMEA-specific procurement deal work and support. 

This role is for an experienced in-house attorney in the commercial legal space with a client-first mindset and experience working closely with sales and channel teams to innovate and leverage technology to create and drive efficiencies in a world class commercial legal function in support of Dropbox’s business goals. You’ll be part of a team of attorneys and professionals responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a high volume of complex commercial contracts with Dropbox business customer, channel partners and distributors, and vendors around the world. Willing to act as both a team player and a mentor, you'll be primarily responsible for partnering with our sales and channel, finance, product, and other business teams to deliver efficient, scalable approaches to commercial matters, with a focus on sales and channel deals, processes, and relationships. This role also has an opportunity to take on and grow a management and leadership role in the EMEA region

The ideal candidate is an experienced commercial attorney who has partnered closely with in-house business teams, and sales and channel teams, in particular, and is passionate about supporting the business and who thrives in solving legal, technology and business issues. The ideal candidate also has management and leadership experience in the EMEA region, and has a good understanding of the EMEA regulatory scheme and how it impacts contractual relationships and negotiations, including GDPR, DORA, TUPE, and the EU AI Act. The ideal candidate must be empathetic and a team player who is effective in collaborating with others (and hopefully enjoy a few laughs and a bit of fun along the way!).

Responsibilities

• Partner closely and create strong working relationships with Dropbox’s business teams, with a primary focus on sales and channel partner, finance, product, and other business teams.
• Engage personally in complex deals and work collaboratively with various company teams to implement company initiatives.
• Develop and collaboratively implement an innovative strategy to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering commercial legal support to Dropbox’s business.
• Partner with our LegalOps team to increase process automation, legal technology, and other efficiencies.
• Be an effective manager, leader, and mentor to other EMEA based commercial legal team members
• Be an active and trusted leader, problem solver, and innovator to key stakeholders across the company.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7+ years as a practicing commercial attorney, including substantive experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including SaaS, licensing, technology, equipment, and marketing agreements 
• Working understanding of the EMEA regulatory scheme and how it impacts contractual relationships and negotiations, including GDPR, DORA, TUPE, and the EU AI Act
• Experience partnering with globally distributed in-house business teams, particularly sales and channel teams, at a SaaS company to handle a high volume of complex commercial transactions
• Process and tool focused innovator who drives performance and efficiencies while building trusted relationships and empowering business partners
• Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear and simple guidance, and to partner effectively across all levels of the company
• Passion for client service and efficiency
• Familiarity with procurement legal systems and tools and experience developing and / or enhancing legal procurement processes and procedures
• At least one year of people management and leadership experience in an in-house legal environment
• High integrity, strong ethics, and an unflappable demeanor
• J.D. with strong academic credentials and demonstrated record of success as a lawyer
• Member in good standing of bar and (if applicable) in-house counsel registration

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong record of close partnership and being embedded with sales and channel partners teams in day-to-day sales and channel deal work and operations
• Direct experience implementing new sales and channel partner processes to drive efficiencies and empower self service with procurement teams
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple types of cross-functional commercial matters, including procurement facing agreements, M&A integration and support, and commercial disputes

Compensation