Your new companyA leading digital-forward hedge fund is seeking a legal professional to join on a contract of up to 6 months to support specifically with negotiating market data licences. The business operates within a high-performance trading environment and is currently undergoing structural change.This role requires office presence in the West End 5 days per week.Your new roleYou will play a key role in the business'' repapering project, taking ownership of a specialist portfolio of work focused on market-data licences. Your main responsibility will be reviewing, negotiating, and repapering exchange and non-exchange data-licensing agreements.You may also be involved in:Managing updates to agreements with market-data vendors, index providers, and other data sourcesSupporting the development of a stronger, more independent contractual and governance structure for data usage within the businessAdvising internal teams on contractual obligations, licencing restrictions, and regulatory considerationsServing as a subject-matter expert on data-licensing frameworks within a sophisticated trading environmentThis role offers high visibility and the opportunity to influence a core strategic programme within a global investment business.What you''ll need to succeedYou must be a qualified solicitor or barrister from a financial services background with recent hands-on experience negotiating exchange and non-exchange market-data licencing. Although the role is typically suited to someone