We are seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal support across a broad range of derivatives, securities, capital markets, and trading activities. This is a senior-level position partnering closely with business, risk, compliance, and senior management teams to support complex financial transactions and regulatory initiatives across multiple jurisdictions.
The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to stakeholders, ensuring legal risks are effectively managed while supporting the organization's commercial objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice on a wide range of derivatives transactions, including ISDA documentation, master agreements, collateral arrangements, confirmations, and related trading documentation.
- Draft, negotiate, and review agreements relating to securities trading, financing, securities lending, repo transactions, structured products, and capital markets activities.
- Advise business stakeholders on legal and regulatory matters impacting investment banking, markets, treasury, and trading operations.
- Support new product development and strategic business initiatives by identifying and mitigating legal risks.
- Interpret and advise on relevant regulatory frameworks and market conduct requirements across applicable jurisdictions.
- Partner with Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Front Office teams on governance, regulatory change, and remediation projects.
- Manage external counsel relationships and coordinate legal support on complex transactions and disputes as required.
- Develop and maintain legal templates, policies, and best practices to improve efficiency and risk management.
- Deliver training and legal updates to internal stakeholders on developments impacting derivatives and securities markets.
Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer with a law degree from a recognized university and admission to practice in a common law jurisdiction.
- Minimally 8+ years post-qualification experience gained within a leading law firm and/or financial institution.
- Strong expertise in derivatives, securities, capital markets, and financial markets documentation.
- Deep knowledge of ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes (CSAs), GMRA, GMSLA, and other market-standard documentation.
- Experience advising on regulatory matters affecting financial institutions and market participants.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
- Experience supporting cross-border transactions and international stakeholders is highly desirable.
