Legal Counsel / Senior Legal Counsel
Core
Negotiate and manage trading and financing documentation for a sophisticated financial markets business, advising on contractual and credit risk issues across derivatives, securities, and financing transactions.
Role type
Senior Legal Counsel (Financial Markets)
Builds
Trading and financing documentation (ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs, prime financing docs), documentation templates, playbooks, and processes
Domain
Financial Services / Derivatives / Securities Lending / Prime Financing
Required skills
Financial markets documentation expertise, ISDA/CSA negotiation, derivatives knowledge, securities lending knowledge, prime financing knowledge, Australian financial services regulatory knowledge, commercial drafting, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Experience in a bank, financial institution, or leading law firm, process improvement, technology and automation initiatives
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Negotiate and advise on financial markets documentation; Advise on contractual and credit risk issues; Work with front office, risk, credit, and operational stakeholders; Support development of documentation templates and processes; Monitor regulatory developments; Contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
