Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday (26/09/25) at 17:00
Agency support not required for this role
About Pepper Advantage Ireland:
Pepper Advantage Ireland has been instrumental in helping Irish individuals, businesses and investors navigate their financial journey since 2012.
We manage over €22bn worth of assets and have a skilled team of more than 500 people across Dublin and Shannon.
We're here to service loans and mortgages which includes processing loan payments and when needed, working with customers to resolve late payments or assist with financial difficulties.
As part of the international Pepper Advantage Group, we combine local knowledge with global expertise.
With operations across the UK, Europe and Southeast Asia, we employ over 3,500 people and have over €40bn in assets under management.
About this role:
The Pepper Legal team is an agile, highly focused unit providing professional legal support to a wide variety of business areas.
This is a strategically important role for an experienced and commercially minded legal counsel who enjoys working autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
As the primary point of contact for those business areas located in our Shannon office it is expected that the Senior Legal Counsel will have sufficiently broad experience and flexibility to support business requirements as needed.
The Senior Legal Counsel will report directly to the Head of Legal.
Location:
Shannon, required onsite 3 days per week.
Key Responsibilities
Litigation: Serve as the primary liaison with external legal service providers to proactively address inward litigation matters and contentious inquiries impacting Pepper Advantage and its stakeholders.
While external legal service providers will be engaged in all outward litigation matters, the Senior Legal Counsel will be the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders and will provide strategic, commercially considered, advice and support to relevant business areas to protect Pepper Advantage's interests.
Maintenance and validation of all litigation registers to ensure all management information provided to both internal stakeholders and clients is valid and robust.
General Legal: Engage and liaise with external legal service providers to ensure continuous improvements are being achieved in terms of cost management and process efficiencies.
Represent Pepper Legal and act as the primary point of contact for those business areas located in the Shannon Office.
Foster a culture of legal excellence and continuous improvement, contributing to knowledge sharing and capability development across the team.
Business Support: Advise executive and senior leaders on a broad variety of legal and regulatory matters.
Participate in due diligence and portfolio migration as required
Active participation and collaboration with all stakeholders in internal projects, programmes and initiatives.
Skills & Experience
Solicitor qualified to practice in Ireland with minimum 7 years PQE (essential).
Relevant litigation experience is essential.
Insolvency experience would be an advantage.
Proven ability to interact with executive and senior leadership.
Ability to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic and high-pressure environment managing multiple high priority matters simultaneously with flexibility and resilience.
Previous in-house experience in a regulated environment would be an advantage.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
Demonstrated capability to work independently but also an ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Key Performance Indicators
Accuracy of case reporting and management information.
Accuracy of legal processes.
Metrics on legal processes.
Quality and attention to detail.
Contribution to projects, programmes and initiatives.
As measured by the staff turnover and employee surveys.
Evidenced by the culture of the environment and the "temperature" of the group.
Policies and procedures in place and communicated.
Relevant communications and training deployed.
Delivery of prompt and accurate advice to the business.
Competencies
Legal & Compliance
Risk
IT knowledge
Strategic Thinking
Communication Skills - interpersonal and written
Commercial Awareness
Team Working
Judgment and Decision Making
Leadership
Developing Others
Regulatory Requirements for this Role
Fitness & Probity.
This role is a Fitness and Probity Standards-impacted role and has been classified as a Controlled Function (CF).
This has been designated a CF2 Role as described below: CF2 Ensuring, controlling or monitoring compliance by a regulated financial service provider with its relevant obligations.
You will be required to agree to abide by the Fitness & Probity Standards and complete all required due diligence checks.
IAF: Conduct Standards Please note the Common Conduct Standards apply to this role.
They impose a set of conduct obligations on individuals carrying out CFs within Pepper.
These standards are prescribed in the Individual Accountability Framework and subject to regulatory reporting for non-compliance.
The standards are: Acting with honesty and integrity; Acting with due, skill, care and diligence; Cooperating in good faith and without delay with the Central Bank and other relevant regulatory authorities; Acting in the best interests of customers and treating them fairly and professionally; and Operating in compliance with standards of market conduct and trading venue rules.
Pepper is an equal opportunity employer.
Role Profiles are subject to change in line with business needs.