Legal Counsel
Core
Provide legal advice, lead negotiations, and ensure regulatory compliance for a trading firm's business lines including equity options, equities, ETFs, and futures.
Role type
Senior in-house legal counsel (financial services)
Builds
Legal agreements and documentation for treasury, prime brokerage, clearing, and OTC derivatives
Domain
Financial services / Trading / OTC derivatives
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
OTC derivatives expertise, ISDA Master Agreements, securities lending documentation, regulatory compliance, cross-functional project management, risk framing, commercial impact analysis
Preferred skills
Private practice background, legal operations tools, AI tools adoption
Technologies
Legal operations tools, AI tools
Responsibilities
Provide legal advice across US and London/EUR markets on asset classes and topics including prime brokerage, give-up agreements, securities lending, netting, collateral, and capital requirements; Lead negotiations on prime brokerage and OTC derivatives documentation including ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, and banking deposit agreements; Advise on regulatory compliance and implementation of key regulatory projects such as transaction reporting, clearing, and margin requirements; Collaborate with Risk, Treasury, and business support to help internal teams understand regulatory requirements and implementation impacts; Frame technical legal risks into clear commercial impacts; Exercise judgment to escalate risks in alignment with legal standards and stakeholder engagement
