Lead Counsel - Wealth Capital Markets Product - Vice President

Citigroup; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 93,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi Dublin’s Wealth Capital Markets Legal team is seeking a pragmatic lawyer with UK/EEA financial services regulation experience. The role focuses on primary/secondary markets, structured products and complex securities, supporting front office trading desks, and contributing to regional/global initiatives.

Based in Dublin, you’ll advise on regulatory change, draft agreements, and collaborate with internal lines of business to deliver timely, commercially practical solutions while developing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time legal support in Capital Markets to front office and control partners.
• Negotiate and review trading and offering documentation (Broker/Distribution Agreements, Termsheets).
• Draft product terms, regulate compliance with MiFID II, MAR, CSDR, PRIIPs, RIS and Consumer Duty.
• Advise on cross-border marketing, sales and distribution requirements for Capital Markets products.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop policies, procedures and controls.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills to Citi's Legal Wealth Capital Markets team.

Shape your career with Citi in Dublin. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview

Working as part of the Wealth Legal department, this role will be a core member of the global Capital Markets Legal team, focusing on the UK, Europe and Middle East business. The role involves a wide range of work, including advising on general regulatory implementation, transactional Capital Markets work and Capital Markets business projects and initiatives.

This role requires a pragmatic, proactive lawyer with a general grounding of UK/EEA financial services/private bank/wealth management regulation, combined with awareness of the laws and regulations for the geographies in which we operate. We are looking for a candidate who can exercise sound legal judgement to help develop proactive, risk-appropriate, and commercially practical business-oriented solutions. As this role supports trading desks and front office personnel, timely and clear responses are critical.

This role is part of the Wealth Capital Markets Legal team and is based in Dublin. The Capital Markets Legal team covers a wide and diverse range of products and their regulation, including primary and secondary market equity/fixed income trading; multi-asset OTC derivatives and structured products, and exchange-traded derivatives.

The role sits within the wider Wealth Legal Team. A successful candidate would be familiar with UK/EEA financial services/private bank/wealth management regulation and legal principles and have an awareness of Capital Markets products, particularly securities (including structured products). This is an exciting role for a versatile and proactive candidate who is keen to learn about new products and regulations and commit to developing their technical knowledge of investment products sold to retail and professional clients.

What you’ll do

The role will provide key legal support and execution on Capital Markets matters, participating in client trading activities and business projects/initiatives. There will be a need to provide input/analysis on interpretation of relevant laws, rules, regulations, and industry practices, draft documentation and advise on legal matters impacting the Capital Markets business. In particular, the role will focus on primary and secondary market securities, structured products / derivative securities and more complex security trading, such as strategic equity solutions. There will be opportunity to cover the wider Capital Markets business as well as other Wealth initiatives from time to time. Familiarity with Digital Asset/Tokenised/Crypto products and related market initiatives will be advantageous too.

What we’ll need from you

• Provide real-time legal support in Capital Markets (with a particular focus on securities, including derivative securities/structured products) to front office business and Control partners, escalating where applicable. The candidate will have daily contact with Sales and Trading personnel and will develop a close relationship with them and wider stakeholders through timely and pragmatic legal advice, including on calls with the business.
• Negotiate and review trading and offering documentation, including Broker Agreements, Distribution Agreements and Termsheets. There will also be occasional need to draft bespoke side letters and other transaction-specific documentation.
• Review and draft product terms, offering documentation and related disclosures. Have knowledge of key regulations impacting the Business and keep up to date with regulatory developments affecting the coverage area, implementing those changes as part of regulatory change initiatives. For example: MiFID II, MAR, CSDR, PRIIPs, RIS and Consumer Duty.
• Assist the business to manage negotiations and dialogue with investment bank issuers/underwriters.
• Advise on cross-border marketing, sales and distribution requirements impacting Capital Markets products.
• Work with other stakeholders to develop policies, procedures and controls related to the product area.
• Collaborate across internal lines of business and control/support functions to achieve coordinated and efficient outcomes on matters of common interest; coordinate closely with the Legal team on a regional and global basis.
• Prioritise workload and execute on transactions/initiatives by proactive engagement and active management of legal issues, escalating novel situations with 'first cut' proposed solutions and risks.
• Maintain momentum across multiple parallel matters, meeting tight and competing deadlines.
• Assist in evaluating Wealth Capital Markets proposals and queries by applying institutional knowledge and risk appetite against industry standards, widely accepted business practices, laws, rules, and regulatory guidelines, escalating as appropriate.
• Determine when external legal support is required and manage external counsel (including on delivery timeframe and cost).

Education

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience, Master's degree preferred

What we can offer you

By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you(and your family)to be well, live well and save well. ( these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Job Family Group

Legal

Job Family

Legal - Product

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

93,280.00 - 139,920.00

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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