Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial Index Licensing

The Team:

The Legal team consists of lawyers across the globe who bring to the team various kinds of expertise. We have commercial, regulatory, M&A, SEC compliance, corporate governance, privacy and employment expertise in-house as well as broad-based international legal experience to support the company’s 11,000+ employees working in wholly owned subsidiaries in 32 countries.

The Role:

The Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial position will report to the Global Head of Commercial, Legal. The selected candidate will support the drafting, review, and negotiation of a variety of commercial agreements, including index licensing & product creation agreements, data licensing agreements, market data agreements, vendor agreements and will coordinate with fellow members of the Legal & Compliance team to ensure alignment.

The position will also support maintenance of the internal Index Oversight Committee process, various reporting (e.g. EU-BMR reporting), and may support contracting in certain regulated businesses. This role will work closely with the Sales and Operations organizations to support the contracting process and requires experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, exceptional analytical and negotiation skills, and the ability to provide practical legal advice to mitigate risk and grow the businesses.

In addition, the candidate would be expected to assist from time to time with other legal matters and special projects throughout the company. The Senior Legal Counsel will cover matters globally, as needed.

This role may be based in our London, England, Timisoara, Romania, or Cape Town, South Africa offices.

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Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.