Director – Head of Mexico Legal

**Job Title**:
Head of Mexico - Legal

**Corporate Grade**:
D

**Reports to (Line Manager’s Job Title)**:
Head of Emerging Markets Legal - Americas

**Direct Reports (if applicable)**:
1

**Business Area**:
COO & Functions

**Department/Function Level 1**:
Functions

**Department/Function Level 2**:
Legal

**Primary Location**:
Mexico City, Mexico

**IAR Role**

No

**CBI Regulated Role**

No

**CBI Regulated Role Type**

**List all applicable Controlled Functions and Pre-Approval Controlled Functions [CFs: 1-11, and PCFs: 1-47] please see appendix 1 and 2** **for the full listing.**

n/a

**Regulated Role**

No

**If yes, what is the name of the regulator**

n/a

**Contractual Legal Entity - **Please refer to link below for legal and regulatory requirement.**

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BX

Barclays Overview

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

**We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.**

Working Flexibly

Structured hybrid role:
About Legal

As a function within Barclays, Legal comprises lawyers and other legal professionals who cover every aspect of Barclays’ global business. As a group of dedicated professionals, Legal is an active “partner” to its diverse and world-class businesses and is committed to being “consistently excellent.”

Overall purpose of role

Key Accountabilities

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

Decision-making and Problem Solving

The role involves sophisticated risk management analysis of often complex legal, contractual, regulatory and governance issues. The role-holder must therefore have the ability to quickly develop knowledge and experience of legal and regulatory matters relating to derivatives, cash trading and capital markets transactions and the structuring of such transactions, as well as experience in developing solutions to legal problems including the ability to identify and promote beneficial improvements to legal or firm process.

Risk and Control Objective

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

Person Specification

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- Law degree
- Admission to practice in Mexico
- 9+ years’ experience as a derivatives, structured finance, capital markets and regulatory attorney at a large investment bank

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

- Excellent written and verbal English/Spanish language skills.
- Strong legal drafting skills and ability to explain complex legal matters concisely and effectively for a broad range of clients.
- Proactively work with the business on legal matters in a collegial manner to achieve results.
- Passion for understanding the law and regulatory developments.
- Exhibit superior ethics at all times.
- Developed technical expertise in derivatives and capital markets legal matters.
- Developed expertise in relevant regulatory regimes (Mexico, US and EU).

Purpose and Values***

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity

We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service

We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship

We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower

Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.

Challenge

Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.

Drive

Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.