U.S. Equities Lawyer - VP

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•$200,000 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join Barclays as a U.S. Equities Lawyer - VP, where you will provide legal and regulatory support to our Global Markets businesses, with a primary focus on equity derivatives, corporate derivatives, and equity swaps across the Americas. You will advise on complex transactions involving Delta One products, flow and structured derivatives, structured notes, and other equity-linked products while partnering closely with business leaders and key stakeholders. As a technical subject matter expert, you will identify and resolve legal and regulatory issues, guide transaction structuring, and provide practical legal advice across multiple business lines. This individual contributor role offers significant visibility and the opportunity to support sophisticated U.S. equities and derivatives activity within Barclays’ Global Legal team.

Requirements

Experience advising on equity derivatives within an investment bank or leading law firm
Technical knowledge of Delta One products, equity swaps, flow derivatives, structured derivatives, and structured notes
Experience with OTC equity derivatives documentation, including ISDA Equity Definitions
Experience advising on corporate equity derivatives transactions involving issuers and shareholders

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of applicable U.S. securities, derivatives, and broker-dealer laws and regulations
Expertise in complex structured transactions and equity derivatives matters
Ability to provide practical legal guidance and support across multiple business lines and senior stakeholders
Critical thinking, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills

Responsibilities

Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Legal advice and support to the business units in the Markets division on matters arising from the relevant products/services provided by the Markets division.
Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to the Markets business units such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
Creation and review of legal documents for the business units in the Markets division to ensure the bank’s compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Maintaining and updating template legal documentation for the Markets division.
Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in applicable laws, rules and regulations that may impact the activities of the bank's Markets business units.
Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the activities of the Markets business units.
Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.