Senior Counsel - Treasury and Clearing

Page Executive; New York (NY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Page Executive is seeking a seasoned legal professional to support a growing investment bank's Fixed Income Clearing and related lending businesses. The role requires drafting and negotiating complex trading documents and providing regulatory guidance.

You will collaborate with Risk, Credit, and Compliance teams, manage external counsel, and contribute to policy templates and governance materials in a hybrid in-office setting in New York.

Qualifications

• J.D. required with NY Bar admission.
• 5+ years experience in-house or at top law firm handling repurchase transactions, central clearing, and capital markets.
• Experience with sponsored member clearing models.
• Excellent drafting, reviewing, and negotiating trading documents.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents for Fixed Income Clearing Sponsored Member Program; including relevant NY law-governed agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate documents for secured term loan business.
• Provide legal advice on applicable laws and regulations.
• Advise business stakeholders on new clearing relationships.
• Develop and maintain legal templates, negotiation playbooks, guidance notes, and governance materials.
• Work with Risk, Credit, and Compliance colleagues.
• Manage outside counsel domestically and internationally.
• Support agency securities lending, principal lending, and secured term loan products teams.

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Outside counsel management

Education

J.D. (JD)

Job description

• Hybrid role with 4 days in office.
• Exciting opportunity to join growing legal team of investment bank.

About Our Client

Global bank.

Job Description

• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents for Fixed Income Clearing Sponsored Member Program; including the New York law-governed Master Repurchase Agreement and the New York law-governed FICC SMP Customer Agreement.
• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents for the secured term loan business.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on related rules, regulations and applicable law.
• Advise business stakeholders on new potential new clearing relationships.
• Develop and maintain legal templates, negotiation playbooks, guidance notes, and governance materials.
• Work collaboratively, seeking guidance and input from colleagues throughout the organization. Partner with colleagues who also serve in Risk, Credit, and Compliance.
• Manage outside counsel both domestic and international.
• Support the agency securities lending, principal lending, and secured term loan products teams.

The Successful Applicant

• JD
• NY Bar admission
• 5+ years of experience in-house or at a top law firm handling repurchase transactions, central clearing, and capital markets transactions
• Experience with sponsored member clearing models
• Excellent experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating trading documentation and related agreements.
• Strong working knowledge of laws and regulations in the field of securities finance and cleared repurchase transactions as well as broader regulatory and/or investment advisory experience.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive annual salary
• Performance-based cash bonus.
• Hybrid model.