Legal Counsel

1 week ago


London, United Kingdom Austin Andrew Ltd Full time

This role will focus on supporting a rapidly growing derivatives business, with a focus on OTC derivatives. The candidate should either have experience in digital asset markets or in traditional financial markets and can easily adapt




Key Responsibilities



Key Responsibilities:

  • Negotiate commercial derivatives agreements
  • External negotiations
  • Derivatives regulatory compliance and research
  • Derivatives framework development
  • Advisory and implementation
  • Other legal


Qualifications


  • c.5 years of experience practicing law (qualified) as a derivatives trading or markets lawyer at a top-tier law firm or as an in-house counsel for a firm or financial institution specialized in financial services, fintech and/or crypto;
  • Experience with developing templates, internal guidelines, approaches to negotiations
  • Understanding of regulatory frameworks and how they apply to OTC derivatives in various jurisdictions in traditional financial markets
  • Experience with prime brokerage and cleared derivatives is highly desirable
  • Having a flexible approach to thinking about how traditional concepts may apply to crypto
  • Ability and interest to learn crypto aspects as well as other areas of law quickly, at least at a general level required for the role
  • Proven ability to see the bigger picture and commercial strategy; quickly understand new functional areas and have a cross-functional mindset
  • Ability to be nimble and apply legal concepts to problem-solve, especially in respect of novel issues


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