Senior Legal Counsel – Global Markets

Mission
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team in SG Milan Branch, reporting directly to the Head of Legal. The candidate will provide senior legal support to Global Markets Italy with responsibility for structured products, derivatives (with particular focus on certificates), and regulatory engagement, ensuring legal integrity, regulatory compliance, and effective risk management.

Responsibilities
Mission
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team in SG Milan Branch, reporting directly to the Head of Legal. The candidate will provide senior legal support to Global Markets Italy with responsibility for structured products, derivatives (with particular focus on certificates), and regulatory engagement, ensuring legal integrity, regulatory compliance, and effective risk management.

Tasks and responsibilities
Business Advisory

Legal support to MARK and other business lines

Structuring and execution of derivative transactions, with a specific focus on the structuring and issuance of certificates in Italy pursuant to the domestic prospectus regime

Product governance and innovation

Regulatory & Documentation

Ownership of prospectus documentation lifecycle

Oversight of MiFID II / PRIIPs requirements

Listing and market compliance processes

Regulatory Engagement

Direct relationship management with CONSOB and Bank of Italy

Italian Prospectus approvals and regulatory interpretation

Risk & Litigation

Legal risk identification and mitigation

Complaints handling and litigation management

Cross-functional Leadership

Coordination with Compliance, FO, DFIN, Tax

Cross-border collaboration (Italy–France)

Profile required
Experience

5–10+ years of relevant experience

Language skills

Italian: C1 level

English: C1 level

Technical, operational & Soft skills

Technical expertise: Advanced (structured products, derivatives, EU regulation)

Regulatory influence: High (direct regulator interaction)

Complexity: Very high (cross-border, innovative products

Leadership: Functional leadership (no direct reports required)

Salary range
55 - 85k gross/year

Why join us
Société Générale Italy is a multi-category bank offering every employee the possibility to have several careers in a professional career path. Internal mobility and training are two core areas we focus on, in a dynamic, prosperous and evolving context. Whether you're joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us Still hesitating?

Business insight
At Societe Generale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you're joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us

Still hesitating? You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.