Senior Lead Counsel Commodities

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Citigroup Inc. Full time

Commodities Legal Team Overview

The Commodities Legal team is part of Citi's Markets Legal Function and includes commodities lawyers based in London, Houston, New York, and Singapore. The team is responsible for advising Citi's global Commodities Business and key internal stakeholders on the legal and regulatory risks associated with the full spectrum of commodities trading activity, including physical commodity financing and trading activities, as well as financial derivatives products across all traded commodities: oil and gas, electricity, industrial metals, precious metals, and agricultural products.

Senior Lead Counsel Role

The Senior Lead Counsel is a senior-level position responsible for providing legal guidance and thought leadership to the business. The overall objective of this role is to provide legal support, advice, and guidance to the business.

Key Responsibilities

* Provide legal counsel to the Business, participating in strategic initiatives, providing subject matter expertise, and interpretations of relevant laws, rules, regulations, and industry practices.
* Objectively evaluate Business proposals by applying institutional knowledge and risk appetite against industry standards, widely accepted business practices, laws, rules, and regulatory guidelines.
* Participate in planning and development initiatives; contribute to business objectives by providing thought leadership using knowledge of industry, laws, and regulations.
* Proactively identify, evaluate, and contribute to the appropriate management of legal, regulatory, and reputational risk by collaborating with ICRM & Risk, following relevant legal developments, participating in internal projects, and escalating as appropriate.
* Monitor management of complex legal issues and transactions, escalating when necessary.
* Appropriately assess legal risk when business decisions are made.
* Expertise and transactional experience in a range of physical and financial commodities transactions and products, including the financing of physical commodities (oil, gas, electricity, precious and base metals, agricultural products, etc.).
* Familiarity with the requirements applicable to a commodities business within a bank is preferred, including an awareness of US bank regulatory considerations; experience in working with regulators/regulatory bodies is preferred.
* Knowledge of applicable laws and practices across jurisdictions, including those related to shipping; environmental risk issues; the taking of legal security; and commodities legal documentation (including ISDA and physical annexes, Master Sales & Purchase Agreements, GT&Cs for oil, gas, LNG, and standard physical trading agreements).

What We Can Offer

This is a role that will offer you the opportunity to build and develop an in-depth knowledge within Legal and drive your career forward.

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