Assistant General Counsel, Director - Employment & Litigation

DTCC; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a skilled General Counsel to lead litigation, regulatory matters, and employment investigations for its post-trade market infrastructure. You will advise senior leadership, manage outside counsel, and collaborate with Compliance, Risk, HR, and Operations to mitigate risk in a highly regulated financial services environment.

The role requires a JD, NY/NJ Bar admission, and extensive litigation experience.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Admitted to and in good standing with the New York or New Jersey Bar.
• Minimum of 9 years of legal experience with a primary focus on litigation for clients in highly regulated industries.
• Significant hands-on experience in all phases of litigation, disputes, and internal investigations, including pleadings, discovery, witness preparation, dispositive motions, trial/arbitration, and settlement negotiations.
• Experience with subpoenas and discovery, including written and electronic discovery, witness interviews, negotiating with opposing counsel, depositions, and discovery hearings.
• Experience in, or strong commitment to build expertise in, employment law, with a focus on disputes, investigations, claims, litigation, and regulatory and state agency inquiries and proceedings.

Responsibilities

• Manage litigation and disputes (with or without outside counsel), including strategy, risk evaluation, budgets, and discovery.
• Manage and resolve pre-litigation disputes, demand letters, and regulatory inquiries.
• Assess risk and provide practical, risk-based counsel to executives and stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to investigate and resolve complex legal issues.
• Support factual investigations, document preservation, discovery, and settlement analysis.
• Advise on legal and regulatory risk relating to DTCC’s role as a financial market infrastructure.
• Evaluate employee claims and provide strategy recommendations including settlement authority.
• Support employment-related disputes and workplace investigations.
• Handle routine legal matters and ad hoc projects in collaboration with internal teams.

Skills

Litigation experience

Regulatory compliance

Legal advisory

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Relativity

Job description

Description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The General Counsel’s Office is a valued, trusted, and responsive partner within DTCC. The team promotes and protects the best interests of the DTCC family of companies by creating and facilitating solutions and providing guidance on legal and regulatory matters.

Pay and Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote

The impact you will have in this role

As a member of the General Counsel’s Office, you will play a key role in identifying and mitigating legal risk, and managing litigation, disputes, and regulatory proceedings involving DTCC and its subsidiaries, with a primary focus on DTCC’s post-trade market infrastructure, clearing, settlement, and depository services. You will also provide legal advice to Human Resources on investigations, employee claims, employment litigation, and regulatory and government agency proceedings.

The position is ideal for a strong litigator who is comfortable managing complex matters, working with senior stakeholders, partnering with outside counsel, and developing practical legal strategies in a highly regulated financial services environment.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Manage litigation and disputes (both with and without outside counsel), including strategy, risk evaluation, budgets, working cross-functionally to manage discovery, witness preparation, depositions, motion practice, arbitration or trial preparation, and settlement.
• Manage and resolve pre-litigation disputes, demand letters, government agency and regulatory inquiries, and threatened claims.
• Assess risk, evaluate litigation exposure, and provide practical, solution-oriented counsel to executives and internal stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Human Resources, and other control functions to investigate and resolve complex legal issues.
• Support factual investigations, document preservation, discovery, witness preparation, settlement analysis, and related litigation activities.
• Advise on legal and regulatory risk related to DTCC’s role as a financial market infrastructure, including matters relating to clearing, settlement, depository operations, rules, procedures, and member-facing matters.
• Evaluate employee claims and exposure, and make recommendations regarding case strategy and resolution, including settlement authority within delegated limits.
• Support employment-related dispute and investigatory matters, including workplace investigations, employee relations issues, employment litigation, administrative claims, disciplinary matters, and separation-related issues.
• Handle other routine legal matters, ad hoc projects, research and analysis of complex issues and directly engage with internal stakeholders on legal issues as requested.

NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Admitted to and in good standing with the New York or New Jersey Bar.
• Minimum of 9 years of legal experience with a primary focus on litigation for clients in highly regulated industries, ideally in financial services, at a law firm and/or corporate in-house legal department.
• Significant hands-on experience in all phases of litigation, disputes, and internal investigations, including, pleadings, discovery, witness preparation, dispositive motions, trial/arbitration, and settlement negotiations.
• Experience with subpoenas and discovery, including written and electronic discovery, witness interviews, negotiating with opposing counsel, depositions, and discovery hearings.
• Familiarity with legal holds and document management applications and discovery tools (e.g., Relativity, etc.)
• Experience in, or strong commitment to build expertise in, employment law, with a focus on disputes, investigations, claims, litigation, and regulatory and state agency inquiries and proceedings.

Talents Needed for Success

• Ability to work in a small-team environment, to work independently, and to multi-task with minimal supervision.
• Employment law experience is helpful but not required; openness to developing capability in employment law is essential.
• Strong litigation judgment and the ability to quickly assess legal risk, business impact, and strategic options.
• Ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, practical advice for non-legal senior stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in a highly regulated, fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and evolving legal issues.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to partner across Legal, Compliance, Risk, HR, Operations, and business teams.
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to broaden beyond a traditional litigation portfolio into employment law and workplace investigations. Prior employment litigation, internal investigations, or employee relations advisory experience preferred.
• Experience in financial services preferred but not required.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.