Présentation de la société : AMUNDI UK LIMITED
Premier gérant d'actifs européen parmi les 10 premiers acteurs mondiaux (1) , Amundi propose à ses 100 millions de clients - particuliers, institutionnels et entreprises - une gamme complète de solutions d'épargne et d'investissement en gestion active et passive, en actifs traditionnels ou réels. Cette offre est enrichie de services et d'outils technologiques qui permettent de couvrir toute la chaîne de valeur de l'épargne. Filiale du groupe Crédit Agricole, Amundi est cotée en Bourse et gère aujourd'hui près de 2 300 milliards d'euros d'encours (2) . Ses six plateformes de gestion internationales (3) , sa capacité de recherche financière et extra-financière, ainsi que son engagement de longue date dans l'investissement responsable en font un acteur de référence dans le paysage de la gestion d'actifs.Les clients d'Amundi bénéficient de l'expertise et des conseils de 5 500 professionnels dans 35 pays.
Amundi, un partenaire de confiance qui agit chaque jour dans l'intérêt de ses clients et de la société.
(1) Source : IPE « Top 500 Asset Managers » publié en juin 2025 sur la base des encours sous gestion au 31/12/2024
(2) Données Amundi au 30/06/2025
(3) Paris, Londres, Dublin, Milan, Tokyo et San Antonio (via notre partenariat stratégique avec Victory Capital)
Missions
Responsible for working closely with the business to provide legal support to (i) Amundi (UK) Limited; and (ii) the European based investment teams (4 investment hubs) of the Amundi group.
The Legal Counsel is an important part of the approval process for new products and mandates and works on legal aspects required during the lifecycle of the client relationships, as well as the responsibilities listed below.
The Legal Counsel must work independently when required as they will be a contact for UK and certain capital markets related legal issues and the local correspondent on specific topics.
The role of the legal counsel includes a variety of legal tasks and involves providing legal support and advice with respect to the following:
(i) Amundi (UK) Limited:
- Assisting in providing general legal assistance and advice on a variety of legal issues relevant to the business, including with respect to front office, middle office, commercial teams, support functions and on corporate governance matters;
- Negotiation and review of various agreements and documents, ie, investment management agreements, investment advisory agreements, confidentiality agreements, side letters, services agreements, certificates, powers of attorney, resolutions, etc.;
- Local correspondent to centralised legal functions: distribution, institutional client services, capital markets, corporate, corporate development and/or certain specialised products; and
- Assisting in the coordination or implementation of various legal projects, including of new regulations, as needed.
(ii) Capital Markets- Investments:
- Conducting legal analysis and advising at the occurrence of specific events affecting existing investments (credit events, defaults, early redemptions, assignments, merger or restructuring events, participation in bondholder committees, …) ;
- Advising and negotiating (i) complex derivatives on all major asset classes and other structured products documentation (TRS, Performance Swaps, Dynamic Equity Portfolio Swaps, structured repos, hybrid instruments) ; and (ii) complex collateral solutions (initial margin, pledge agreements, …) ;
- Assisting Portfolio Managers to access new instruments or market comprising legal analysis of the market or instrument and negotiation of relevant documentation;
- Participating in internal or external working groups;
- Coordinating projects with external counsel and within the legal business line;
- Establishing template documentation and providing educational support to internal clients.
The role holder will adhere to FCA rules, SMCR rules and principles, conduct rules and the Firm's policies and procedures. Where appropriate, the role holder will seek guidance from the Head of Compliance.