Vice President, Markets Lawyer -Prime Brokerage & Fixed Income Financing

Barclays•New York, NY

3d•$200,000 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

You will act as a trusted advisor within the Markets Legal team, providing expert guidance across fixed income financing activities, including repo and sponsored repo, prime brokerage and futures and clearing. You will support complex financing transactions, advise on regulatory developments, and partner closely with stakeholders to identify legal risks and deliver commercially sound solutions. This role offers exposure to new product development, legal issue identification, and regulatory horizon scanning across global markets. You will play a key role in negotiating trading agreements, supporting clearing frameworks, and ensuring compliance within a dynamic and evolving financial services environment.

Requirements

Experience with fixed income financing, including repo and sponsored (cleared) repo, and fixed income prime brokerage clearing
Experience with Futures/Cleared derivatives, prime brokerage and similar financing businesses (e.g., financing/clearing of securities and cleared derivatives)
Knowledge of broker-dealer and futures commission merchant rules (e.g., margin, customer protection, insolvency rules and regulations) and the US securities and derivatives markets, hedge funds and the financial markets more broadly
Experience with negotiation of master trading agreements and netting
Familiarity with non-US legal and regulatory frameworks (UK, EU, APAC)
Motivated and collaborative mindset
Legal analytical skills and ability to think creatively and identify innovative solutions
Ability to effectively communicate with key stakeholders
Ample presentation skills
Relevant experience in a financial services company
New York qualified lawyer

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.