Senior Director, Senior Managing Counsel
Page Executive
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Job summary
Page Executive is seeking a Senior Managing Counsel in New York to lead legal support for clearing, collateral management, and market infrastructure initiatives. You will advise on complex products, regulatory matters, and innovative technologies while shaping strategic initiatives across the business.
You will draft and negotiate high-stakes documentation, manage multiple stakeholders, and contribute to scalable legal support in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor and admission to practice in New York.
- Experience providing legal support across clearing, collateral management, and market infrastructure.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal and regulatory advice across clearing, collateral management, custody, and related market infrastructure activities.
- Support strategic business initiatives, product development efforts, and regulatory change projects.
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial and market-facing documentation.
- Advise on central clearing, collateral arrangements, segregation structures, and securities financing transactions.
- Partner with stakeholders across legal, compliance, credit risk, operations, technology, and business management functions.
- Support new product development and business expansion initiatives.
- Monitor legal, regulatory, and industry developments impacting market infrastructure and collateral markets.
- Participate in industry working groups and external engagement efforts where appropriate.
- Help develop scalable legal support models within a fast-paced and evolving business environment.
Skills
Education
Job description
The Senior Managing Counsel will provide legal support across its clearing, collateral management, and market infrastructure businesses. This is a highly visible role working at the intersection of financial markets, regulatory developments, product innovation, and emerging technologies.
A leading global financial institution.
This role provides legal support across a broad range of market infrastructure and financing activities, including central clearing, collateral management, securities finance, custody, and settlement services. The successful candidate will advise on complex products and strategic initiatives involving collateral optimization, liquidity solutions, and evolving regulatory requirements, while also supporting the development of innovative technologies such as digital assets, tokenization, distributed ledger applications, and AI-enabled business processes. The position offers significant exposure to high-profile projects that are shaping the future of financial markets and global market infrastructure.
- Provide legal and regulatory advice across clearing, collateral management, custody, and related market infrastructure activities
- Support strategic business initiatives, product development efforts, and regulatory change projects
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial and market-facing documentation
- Advise on central clearing, collateral arrangements, segregation structures, and securities financing transactions
- Partner with stakeholders across legal, compliance, credit risk, operations, technology, and business management functions
- Support new product development and business expansion initiatives
- Monitor legal, regulatory, and industry developments impacting market infrastructure and collateral markets
- Participate in industry working groups and external engagement efforts where appropriate
- Help develop scalable legal support models within a fast-paced and evolving business environment
- Juris Doctor and admission to practice in New York
- Approximately 10+ years of legal experience gained within a leading law firm and/or financial institution
- Experience supporting collateral management, securities finance, custody, clearing, or related capital markets businesses
- Familiarity with industry-standard documentation, including ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs, MRA, MSLA, security agreements, and account control agreements
- Working knowledge of securities laws, broker-dealer regulations, UCC Article 8, and related market infrastructure frameworks
- Experience advising on complex transactions, regulatory matters, and product development initiatives
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities in a dynamic environment
- Interest in emerging technologies, digital assets, and innovation within financial markets
- Collaborative leadership style with strong business judgment and communication skills
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