Markets Legal Documentation Negotiator

Bank of America; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Maternity/Paternity leave

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Bank of America in London seeks a Markets Legal Documentation Negotiator to draft and negotiate complex derivatives documentation for global clients. You will serve as a primary contact across documentation negotiations and partner with Sales, Onboarding and risk teams, ensuring compliance and timely execution.

The role requires experience with ISDA/GMRA documentation, German and/or French language skills, and the ability to manage high-priority client relationships within a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Experience in markets documentation (ISDA/GMRA/CSAs).
• German and/or French language skills.
• Strong communication, analytical and organizational abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with teams.
• Experience with hedge funds and PB industry.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, draft, structure and advise on derivatives documentation including ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs and collateral.
• Collaborate with Sales, Credit and Onboarding to optimise client onboarding.
• Advise front office, risk and trading on documentation issues during negotiations.
• Act as Relationship Manager for a portfolio of priority Markets clients.
• Coordinate agreement negotiations across products and reflect credit/commercial terms.

Skills

Markets docs knowledge

German language

French language

Communication skills

Independent worker

Education

Law qualification preferred

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Markets Legal Documentation Negotiator

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: London

Company Overview

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Roles Description

This role is a client facing role and sits within the Global Markets Agreements and Documentation. The candidate is responsible for drafting, negotiation, advising and execution of trading documentation on behalf of Bank of America entities. In this role, you will be working on complex, high impact documentation that directly supports global clients. You will play a key part in enabling efficient client onboarding, supporting business growth and ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards, while gaining broad exposure across products and stakeholders.

You will act as a relationship manager for a portfolio of priority Markets clients, serving as the primary point of contact for documentation negotiations across Markets agreement suite. In doing so, you will build trusted relationships and become a go-to advisor for clients navigating documentation requirements. You will develop a close partnership with Sales, Onboarding and other internal stakeholders, giving you a highly visible position within the business and a clear line of sight into how commercial and credit decisions are executed through documentation. Your work will ensure agreements accurately reflect agreed commercial and credit terms while meeting regulatory and policy requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Negotiate, draft, structure and advise on a wide range of derivatives documentation including ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, IM documentation and bespoke Collateral agreements; cleared derivatives documentation; GMRA and GMSLA; FBF and Deutscher Rahmenvertrag on behalf of various Bank of America entities.
• Work closely with Sales, Credit and the Onboarding team to maximize the efficiency of the documentation onboarding of clients.
• Advise front office, sales and trading, operations risk and collateral on documentation issues arising during negotiations.
• Act as Relationship Manager for the suite of agreements for a portfolio of high priority clients, serving as the primary point of contact and coordinating the agreement negotiation process across products.
• Liaise with internal partners and marketers/traders to accurately reflect the necessary credit and business terms in the transactional suite while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations and bank guidelines and policies.
• Update trading agreement and other systems of record.
• Work on regulatory and other special projects as and when required.

Required Qualifications

• Prior related experience in a similar role
• Strong substantive knowledge of markets documentation (French law and/or German law master agreements)
• Language skills: German and/or French
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently while being part of a cohesive team.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and drive execution.
• Ability to exercise excellent judgment within defined parameters.
• Significant experience with hedge fund structures and the PB industry.
• Law qualified preferred but not necessary.

Benefits of working at Bank of America (UK)

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance, and group income protection cover if you become unable to work because of a disability or health reasons.
• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of backup childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of backup adult care per annum.
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a well‑being account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits.
• Access to an emotional well‑being helpline, and virtual GP services.
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause, and pregnancy & parenthood.
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes, and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area.

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