Managing Legal Counsel - Americas
- Position Summary_
We are looking to recruit a Managing Legal Counsel with a strong proven record of client service and a practical, problem-solving approach to support our Data & Analytics business across the Americas region.
Fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese is essential.
Role Responsibilities
- Providing a wide range of legal advice and support to the sales and operations team in Latin America.
- Reviewing, drafting, revising and negotiating agreements with strategic customers, vendors, partners and other third parties, including data licenses, software licenses, master agreements, terms and conditions and other complex commercial agreements.
- Researching and responding to general legal inquiries from in-house stakeholders across the Americas region with a focus on Latin America that may relate to litigation, regulatory issues, intellectual property, privacy matters, fraud issues, and consumer complaints.
- Support the Privacy Team on developments in privacy laws in the region and implementation of compliance programs.
- Supporting Co-Sec and the Corporate and IT Teams on general corporate and intellectual property matters.
- Supporting contract template agreements updates and translations.
- Supporting Compliance with initiatives including tracking, advising and implementing processes to ensure continued compliance of the company with the increasing and changing regulatory environment.
- Supporting the Litigation Team with the strategy and review progress of outstanding litigation by leading disputes and litigation in the region.
Liaising with and managing external counsel and associated expenses.
- Helping to identify, assess and brief Head of Legal Americas on potential and vigente risks and legal exposures and take appropriate proactive and remedial measures.




- Supporting the Employment Team on employment matters working closely with the People Function in the region.
Qualifications and Experience Required
- 7 years' experience in a legal position handling a broad range of commercial law contracts and product development.
- Exposure to information, technology financial and/or telecommunications environments is advantageous.
- Experience advising on developments in privacy laws and general compliance matters is advantageous.
- Must be fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
- Must be qualified to practice in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia or Brazil, and have a law degree from an accredited law school.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills.
- Strong contract negotiation and drafting abilities.
- Outstanding commitment to internal and external customer service.
- Excellent planning, organizational, analytical and decision-making skills.
- Strong skills to work both collaboratively and independently.
- Sound administrative and time management skills, with sharp attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage projects and deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and capability to build strong, trusted and effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across different functions and cultures, positively influencing the behavior of multiple stakeholders,



and successfully balancing customer interests while maintaining a good legal and fiscal position for the company; judgment, tact and discretion when dealing with people and issues.
LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider.
Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built.
Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day.
They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries.
However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.
You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business.
You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth.
Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, vetera

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