Treasury Clearing Attorney

Axiom; Houston (TX); À distance; USD 105 000 - 325 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Axiom is seeking a Treasury Clearing Attorney to support U.S. Treasury clearing initiatives with a focus on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions.

You will ensure readiness for compliance with the SEC’s clearing mandate and collaborate with legal, business, and credit risk teams. The role involves updating templates, analyzing regulations and netting opinions, and aligning margins, collateral, and default provisions within CCP

Qualifications

• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clearing, repo, or related markets documentation.
• Strong understanding of repurchase transactions and Treasury clearing.
• Knowledge of margin, collateral, and netting mechanics.
• Experience reviewing regulations and netting opinions.
• Ability to work effectively with legal, business, credit risk, and operational stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Review, draft, and negotiate customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions.
• Support preparation for compliance with the SEC’s U.S. Treasury clearing mandate.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure compliance with legal, business, and credit risk controls, guidelines, and procedures.
• Update agreement templates and tailor industry forms for use in client negotiations.
• Review and analyze applicable regulations and netting opinions.
• Support Treasury and repo documentation within CCP frameworks.
• Help align margin, collateral, netting, and default provisions with operational requirements.

Connaissances

Clearing agreements

Negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder collaboration

Formation

Juris Doctor

Description du poste

Join Our Team as a Treasuring Clearing Attorney at Axiom

Location: Remote

We are seeking an experienced Treasury Clearing Attorney to support U.S. Treasury clearing initiatives. In this role, you will review, draft, and negotiate customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions in preparation for compliance with the SEC’s U.S. Treasury clearing mandate. You will work closely with internal teams across legal, business, and credit risk while supporting documentation remediation and clearing readiness. The broader work involves CCP frameworks, margin and collateral mechanics, netting, and cross-product documentation.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate customer clearing agreements for sponsored repurchase transactions.
• Support preparation for compliance with the SEC’s U.S. Treasury clearing mandate.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure compliance with legal, business, and credit risk controls, guidelines, and procedures.
• Update agreement templates and tailor industry forms for use in client negotiations.
• Review and analyze applicable regulations and netting opinions.
• Support Treasury and repo documentation within CCP frameworks.
• Help align margin, collateral, netting, and default provisions with operational requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clearing, repo, or related markets documentation.
• Strong understanding of repurchase transactions and Treasury clearing.
• Knowledge of margin, collateral, and netting mechanics.
• Experience reviewing regulations and netting opinions.
• Ability to work effectively with legal, business, credit risk, and operational stakeholders.
• Juris Doctor degree or equivalent and licensed to practice law in an applicable jurisdiction.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with sponsored repurchase transactions and customer clearing agreements.
• Familiarity with CCP documentation and clearinghouse frameworks.
• Experience tailoring industry-standard forms and templates for client negotiations.
• Experience supporting large-scale documentation or regulatory remediation initiatives.

Compensation

The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $71,250-309,750 per year.Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs. Employees may be eligible for additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and PTO; flexible work arrangements; and professional development opportunities and tools.

About Axiom

For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions ranging from that combine top-tier talent with cutting-edge technology. We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs, empowering our legal professionals to engage in meaningful work that advances their careers. Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence (Reported scores were Axiom’s average for 2025 – the legal industry average NPS score is +35%). love both the law and your life.

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