Derivatives Legal Counsel, VP, 2+

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Taylor Root Full time

Our client, a leader in wealth management, is looking to appoint an experienced derivatives lawyer to its EMEA Trading and Derivatives Legal Team.

In this role you will advise on a broad range of products including cash equities, OTC, repos, prime brokerage, securities, futures, FX, exchanged traded derivatives foreign exchange and digital/crypto assets.

You will have trained and qualified at a top City law firm, have a minimum of 2 years' PQE advising on advisory and transactional derivatives work. In-house experience gained at a top investment bank or asset manager would be ideal.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experience derivatives lawyer to make the move to the buy-side.


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