Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial Index Licensing

Morningstar
Full-time South-Africa, South-Africa Other-General
Posted:
March 02, 2026
Location:
South-Africa, South-Africa, South-Africa

Job Description

The Team:

The Legal team consists of lawyers across the globe who bring to the team various kinds of expertise. We have commercial, regulatory, M&A, SEC compliance, corporate governance, privacy and employment expertise in-house as well as broad-based international legal experience to support the company's 11,000+ employees working in wholly owned subsidiaries in 32 countries.

The Role:

The Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial position will report to the Global Head of Commercial, Legal. The selected candidate will support the drafting, review, and negotiation of a variety of commercial agreements, including index licensing & product creation agreements, data licensing agreements, market data agreements, vendor agreements and will coordinate with fellow members of the Legal & Compliance team to ensure alignment. The position will also support maintenance of the internal Index Oversight Committee process, various reporting (e.g. EU-BMR reporting), and may support con...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: South-Africa, South-Africa
Posted: March 02, 2026
Deadline: April 11, 2026