Associate Legal Market

Job summary

As an Associate in Commercial Investment Banking Markets Legal Counsel, in the legal function you will provide legal support to the Markets businesses engaged in derivatives transactions across all asset classes, structured investments/financial products in the form of notes, warrants and certificates linked to multiple asset classes, cash equities, global investor services (prime brokerage and securities financing) as well as foreign exchange, commodities, futures, and derivatives clearing and intermediation. A Markets Legal team has been formed in the Mumbai Corporate Center (MCC Markets team) which is as an integral part of the Markets Practice Group, working closely and interacting with Markets Practice Group lawyers across EMEA and APAC region. You will be a member of the MCC Markets Team based in Mumbai. You will be reporting into a team lead for Markets in the MCC who in turn is accountable to the Markets Practice Group.

The Individual will be responsible for handling negotiations of trading documentation (including but not limited to Futures & Options Agreement, Execution Agreements, OTC Clearing Addendums, FXPB Agreements, CDEA) and for resolving issues raised by Clients and the F&DC Business that relate to legal agreements. The Position involves frequent interaction with, Sales, Transition, Client Account Management, Credit Risk, Operations and Legal internally, and with the clients and clients legal advisors externally.

Job Responsibilities

• review and support of financial transactional documentation including credit, trading, TOBs, prime brokerage, derivatives, clearing and regulatory driven documentation
• review of constitutional documents, to ensure that all the requisite corporate consents and capacity and authority requirements are in place prior to finalization ofagreements and subsequent commencement of business ortrading
• provide support on global documentation or remediationprojects
• provide gap analysis and summary of transaction and client specific deviations in negotiated agreements from standardized templates or against playbooks and policy manuals toidentify discrepancies, escalation mechanisms and managing remediationexercises
• manage data from standardized or negotiated agreements into internal systems and assisting in the maintenance of databases relating to firm-wideinitiatives and
• drafting, reviewing and finalizing documentation includingnotices, consents, amendments etc. in accordance with existingtemplates.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Minimum 2+ years PQE in professional practice and/or in in-house experience covering Markets related work in a comparable financial institution
• Strong drafting, negotiation and legal analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to interact with senior business personnel and stakeholders in other functions
• Self-directed and highly motivated attitude coupled with an ability to work collaboratively in a high performing team
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively at a local, regional and globallevel and work in a cross-functional, cross-jurisdiction, team to achieve common goals
• Ability to identify and escalate issues timely andappropriately
• Comfortable working to metrics and data measurement systemsand
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and within tightdeadlines.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Competency in the use of technology, documentation management systems andshared databases will be viewedfavorably

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.

Attorney candidates must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment.