Legal Counsel

NatWest Group is hiring a Legal Counsel in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on NatWest Group.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Level lists 81 other open roles at NatWest Group.
The role was posted in the last few days.

AI in this role

Join us as a Legal Counsel

This is an excellent opportunity to join us as a Legal Counsel, where you’ll deliver our legal strategy as part of a dynamic, innovative legal team
Your role will sit within Outsourcing, Technology and Intellectual Property, so we’ll need you to have an understanding of associated legal issues
This role offers the advantage of a varied and extensive breadth of work, where you’ll find solutions to challenges on a wide range of matters

What you'll do

We’re looking for a Legal Counsel with outsourcing and technology law experience. You’ll work closely with stakeholders and legal colleagues to ensure the timely, effective and efficient delivery of all issues, projects and initiatives.

Additionally, you’ll be:

Making sure that legal advice is readily understandable to non-lawyers and delivered within relevant timescales while you manage and minimise legal risks
Managing, influencing and advising senior stakeholders on transactions and initiatives across the Bank

Leveraging AI tools, design thinking techniques and demonstrating a curious mindset to provide legal services in an innovative and customer-centric way

The skills you'll need

To join us in this role, you’ll need to be a qualified solicitor with experience of providing legal and commercial advice in relation to technology, transactions and projects either as part of an in-house team or at a leading law firm. You’ll be able to draw on your experience of working with law firms and other professional advisers and have knowledge of current legal issues facing banks and our business area.

You’ll also demonstrate:

Strong legal skills and in particular, expertise in outsourcing, ideally in the financial services industry
An understanding of the key legal risks of emerging technologies
The ability to build rapport and establish strong relationships with colleagues up to senior executive level as well as external professional contacts
An innovative mindset, with an interest in delivering legal services in an agile, future-focused way
The ability to keep up to date with and share relevant legal and market developments
Good communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships within your business area and across the bank

Hours

Job Posting Closing Date:

08/11/2026

Ways of Working:Hybrid

How we rate this

Legal Counsel at NatWest Group rates 26 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.