LGL-Legal Counsel

NOMURA; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomura in India seeks an Associate (AVP/Manager) in Transactions Legal to draft, review and negotiate complex trade documents across debt and derivatives for multiple jurisdictions. You will advise on legal risk, coordinate approvals, and support global teams.

The role requires 5–12 years in legal practice, strong negotiation and stakeholder management, and the ability to lead a team of documentation specialists. This is a leadership position within Powai’s Legal function.

Qualifications

• Qualified Law graduate with at least LLB degree.
• Minimum 5-12 years of demonstrated experience in trade documents for debt/notes issuances and contracts drafting and negotiations.
• Experience in managing challenging negotiations.
• Ability to identify and highlight risks to relevant stakeholders and corporate divisions.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving ability.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, analytical and legal skills, attention to detail.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams, with at least 2 years of team management experience.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and reviewing trade documents for debt/notes issuances, trade confirmations, etc. on Credit and Rates asset classes.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating financial/derivative contracts and related documents across India, Asia, Japan, EMEA and US including prime brokerage agreements and FX agreements.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating research agreements and coordinating approval for deviations from Nomura standard terms.
• Provide commercially savvy legal advice and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Keep abreast of changing laws and regulations and advise on queries from business and legal teams.
• Liaise with stakeholders, regional lawyers and business partners across the firm.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Contract drafting

Legal research

Cross-border contracts

Education

LLB / LLM

Job description

Divisional Overview:

Powai LC broadly covers the areas of Legal and Compliance, and is responsible for building a robust risk and control framework. The Powai LCC teams support Nomura Powai entities, as well as LCC teams globally to ensure effective risk management of Legal and Compliance related risks for the firm. Powai Legal comprises of the Corporate Legal and Transaction Legal functions, which provide advice and support on corporate, employment and transactional matters.

The Offshore

Legal team supports global teams on corporate and secretarial matters, Global Markets, and Masters documentation related requirements. Powai Compliance comprises of functions such as Core Compliance, Trade Surveillance, Electronic Communication Surveillance, Financial Crime Monitoring, Control Room & Disclosure Monitoring and Employee Compliance. The teams provide advisory and operations support to global / regional Compliance teams driven by global / regional policies and regulatory expectations.

Business Unit Overview:

The legal department provides support both to the India businesses and globally as well. The support areas include, but are not limited to IT, HR, ESS and Facilities, litigation, Real Estate, Employment Law, Corporate Secretarial, bond issuances, syndicated lending mandates, margin financing transactions, M&A advisory mandate, other Industry agreements and also drafts and negotiates prime brokerage and various commercial agreements.

Position Specifications

Corporate Title

Associate (Assistant Vice President/Manager)

Experience

Minimum 5-12 years experience

Qualification

LLB / LLM

Requisition Id

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Role & Responsibilities Transactions Legal

Documentation

• Drafting and reviewing trade documents for debt/notes issuances, trade confirmations, etc. on Credit and Rates asset classes.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating financial/derivative contracts and related documents of various jurisdictions India, Asia, Japan, EMEA and US including, prime brokerage agreements, synthetic prime brokerage master confirmation agreements and FX agreements with respect to various counterparty types such as hedge funds, banks, broker dealers, HNIs, mutual funds, pension funds, insurance and re-insurance providers, etc.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating research agreements. Identifying and highlighting risks in the documentation to relevant stakeholders and corporate divisions and coordinating the approval process for deviations from Nomura standard terms.
• Providing commercially savvy legal advice on a variety of matters basis the in-depth research and study of the applicable law provisions. Ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Being abreast with the changing laws and regulations.
• Advising on the queries received from the business and legal teams related to agreements.
• Liaising with stakeholders, regional lawyers and business partners in various locations of the firm.

Team Leadership

• Managing, developing and mentoring team of derivatives documentation specialists.
• Resource allocation and workflow management.
• Establishing and updating documentation standards and templates.
• Creating and implementing training programs for junior team members.
• Providing management reports.

Qualification

Domain/Technical

Legal

• Qualified Law graduate with at least LLB degree.
• Minimum 5-12 years of demonstrated experience in trade documents for debt/notes issuances and contracts drafting and negotiations.
• Experience in managing challenging negotiations.
• Ability to identify and highlight risks to relevant stakeholders and corporate divisions.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving ability.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, analytical and legal skills, should have an eye for detail.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams, with at least 2 years of team management experience.

Interpersonal

• Embracing diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Maturity in dealing with senior stakeholders.
• Cultural sensitivity for dealing with international counterparties
• Well organized in data and record management.
• Resourcefulness, solution oriented and good team player.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks as well as prioritize time management.
• Self-starter, with a sense of ownership towards the work and the company.
• Excellent command over the English language and first-rate written and oral communication & presentation skills with the ability to articulate in a clear and concise manner.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carers responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins.