ED, Commodities Attorney
Core
Vice President level attorney providing legal and regulatory coverage for physical and financial commodities trading activities across energy, metals, power, and environmental products.
Role type
Vice President, Commodities Attorney
Builds
Legal and regulatory risk management for commodities trading businesses
Domain
Financial Services / Commodities Trading / Energy & Power Markets
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
U.S. commodities regulatory frameworks (FERC, CFTC), transaction structuring, risk identification, regulatory analysis, contract negotiation, external counsel management
Preferred skills
RTO/ISO market rules, organized power markets
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Draft, review, and negotiate commodities trading documentation (master agreements, confirmations); Advise on U.S. commodities regulatory matters; Assess regulatory risk for new products and strategies; Support responses to regulatory inquiries; Provide legal support for trading under RTO and ISO tariffs; Analyze interaction between FERC-regulated markets and the Commodity Exchange Act; Coordinate with traders, Compliance, and Risk; Manage external counsel