Executive Director, Legal Counsel - Derivatives and Securities Financing | SCIB
Core
Senior legal counsel supporting client-facing derivatives and securities financing transactions, product structuring, and risk-transfer activities for Santander's Corporate & Investment Banking division.
Role type
Senior in-house legal counsel (derivatives and securities financing)
Builds
Ready-to-trade status for complex structured and non-structured market products
Domain
Banking law, derivatives, securities financing, structured finance
Required skills
Structured derivatives expertise, ISDA/CSA/GMRA/GMSLA/CDEA drafting and negotiation, UK regulatory frameworks (EMIR, MiFID II/MiFIR, SFTR), complex transaction management, commercial legal advice, external counsel management
Preferred skills
Credit derivatives and risk-transfer transactions, Significant Risk Transfer (SRT), structured notes and repackaging, traditional and synthetic securitisations, outsourced legal support models, European languages
Technologies
Legal-technology, AI-enabled workflows
Responsibilities
Provide legal advice on structured and non-structured derivatives across various underlying assets; structure, review, and lead transaction documentation from term sheet to execution; provide input into new-product approvals; advise on risk-transfer transactions; review and negotiate master trading agreements; manage external counsel; mentor colleagues; contribute to legal-technology improvements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
