Legal Expert (m/f)

Mission

In the context of its mission of public interest to ensure the safety and soundness of the financial sector, the CSSF’s securities markets department performs supervisory activities related to capital markets.

Within the team in question, you will take charge of activities concerning missions relating to financial instruments and their issuers, notably market abuse, disclosure requirements of listed companies, takeovers and mandatory squeeze-out and sell-out of listed companies.

The vacancy is addressed to legal experts with professional experience who are interested in multifaceted tasks concerning capital markets.

Role & responsibilities

• Cases in relation to supervision of capital markets, including market abuse, disclosure requirements of listed companies, takeovers, mandatory squeeze-out and sell-out of listed companies ;
• Market abuse investigations ;
• International cooperation ;
• Suspicious transaction and order reports ;
• Development of the legal framework in terms of capital markets.

Your profile

• Four or five-year Master’s degree in Law, preferably in financial law or business law ;
• Complementary training certificate in Luxembourg law will be considered as an advantage ;
• Minimum professional experience of 3 years in the financial sector, ideally in the field of capital markets ;
• Proven professional experience in a law firm or in a compliance/internal audit function is considered as an advantage ;
• Proficiency in written and spoken French, English and German. Knowledge of Luxembourgish will be considered as an advantage ;
• Good knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework of the financial sector ;
• Critical thinking as well as excellent drafting, analytical and synthesis skills ;
• Strong sense of rigour, discretion and organisation ;
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.

The successful candidate (m/f) will be hired as public employee (“employé de l’Etat”) under a permanent contract. If the candidate meets the required conditions, s/he will be asked to apply for admission to the status of civil servant (“fonctionnaire de l’Etat”).

Prior to the conclusion of the contract, the candidate must submit an extract from the criminal record (bulletin n°3), dated less than 2 months, in order to prove their conduct and integrity.