Legal Intern – M/W H/F/X

SGSS has been present in Italy since September 2006 through a dedicated Italian Bank, SGSS S.p.A., one of the main players in the Securities Services' industry that covers all SGSS businesses for its two segments of clients: Financial Institutions & Brokers and Asset Managers & Insurance. Thanks to over 500 employees based in Milan and Turin, SGSS S.p.A. ensures a daily support to over 300 clients. Our clients are institutional investors (insurance companies and pension funds), asset managers, financial intermediaries (brokers, investments companies).

Mission:

The Legal team works closely with the Société Générale Community to anticipate and manage the legal risks being at the same time an active part of the entire Organization’s Development.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Legal research and analyses
• Draft legal documents such as contracts, power of attorney and legal opinion
• Maintain legal files and databases
• Prepare reports and summaries on legal matters
• Support the legal team members in the daily activities and legal proceedings
• Support the legal team in the corporate affairs
• Learn and apply legal principles and procedures within the SGSS environment

Studies & experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law
• Preferable: previous experienced (3 months) as Legal Intern

Language skills:

• Italian – C2
• English – B2

Technical, operational & Soft skills:

• Knowledge of Banking and Industrial Law
• Strong interest in banking and finance
• Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Outlook, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Rigorous, with a sense of priorities and highly organized
• Collaborative and Team Player
• Operational problem solver
• You like to work with people: you are a good listener with patience, and you respond by trying to give simple explanations on complicated subjects

In a highly competitive and fragmented financial market, our ambition is to be the reference partner recognized for its service quality and competitiveness, its agile solutions and international network coverage. We are much more than a partnership: a genuine team. We build long-lasting, collaborative relationships with our clients to help them go further in their development. In today's constantly evolving and complex world, we strive to provide our clients with increasingly efficient and reliable Securities Services on a daily basis to ensure they get ahead.

As soon as you arrive, you will be integrated into our teams and will learn every day alongside our experts, who will support you in your tasks. Gradually, you will become more independent in your projects, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

At the end of your studies, various opportunities could be offered to you, in Italy and abroad.

At Société Générale, 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.