Experienced/Lateral – Legal Associate

Five Rings LLC - Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Five Rings LLC in New York seeks a Legal Associate to support the firm's broad legal needs across offices. You will draft, review and negotiate NDAs, technology, data, and vendor contracts, and advise on employment matters.

Requirements include a JD and NY admission with at least five years of relevant experience; familiarity with a trading firm or financial institution is a plus. Base salary ranges from $175,000 to $225,000 per year, plus discretionary bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Must hold a JD and be admitted to practice in New York.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Ability to work independently, stay organized, and multitask.
• Experience at a major law firm or in-house legal team preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal analysis of new business opportunities and markets.
• Draft, review and negotiate NDAs and technology, data, and vendor contracts.
• Draft, review and negotiate trading and counterparty documentation.
• Assist with general corporate matters and employment issues, and manage outside counsel.

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

NDA drafting

Commercial agreements

Outside counsel management

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today's global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.

We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.

About the Role

We are seeking to add a Legal Associate to our team based in our New York office. This is a broad role, where you will join a team responsible for the full range of the firm's legal needs across our offices. Tasks will include providing legal analysis of new business opportunities (new markets, products and trading opportunities), drafting, reviewing and negotiating NDA's and commercial contracts (technology, data, and vendor agreements), drafting, reviewing and negotiating trading and counterparty documentation, assisting with general corporate matters, advising on employment and personnel matters, and managing outside counsel where specialist input is required.

About You

The candidate must hold a JD (or equivalent) and be admitted to practice in New York, with a minimum of five years of relevant experience gained at a major law firm, in-house, or a combination of the two. Strong drafting and negotiation skills across a wide range of commercial agreements, sound commercial judgment, and the ability to give clear and practical advice to non-legal audiences are required. Ability to work independently, strong organizational skills, and ability to multitask are required. Comfort working across jurisdictions and with colleagues and counsel in other offices is expected.

Experience at a proprietary trading firm, broker-dealer or financial institution is preferred.

Annual Base Salary: $175,000 - $225,000. Base salary does not include discretionary bonus, if eligible, or benefits.