VP- Structured Products Legal, Americas

Barclays•New York, NY

4d•$200,000 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to ensure that the activities of the business units in the Markets division are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal risk associated with these activities. This role will provide legal support to Barclays’ Structured Products business across the U.S. and the broader Americas region. You will partner closely with the business and control functions to advise on the development, documentation, execution, and distribution of structured notes and other structured products across multiple asset classes. In this role, you will draft and negotiate transaction documentation, provide guidance on U.S. securities laws and regulatory requirements, and help ensure strong governance and risk management practices. You will monitor legal and regulatory developments, improve legal processes and templates, and support strategic initiatives that enhance the Structured Products platform. This is an excellent opportunity for a collaborative legal professional who thrives in a fast-paced capital markets environment and enjoys advising on complex financial products.

Requirements

Experience in structured products or related capital markets legal work at a leading law firm and/or an in-house legal department at a financial institution
Knowledge of U.S. securities laws, disclosure standards, broker-dealer regulation, and related legal frameworks relevant to structured products
Ability to advise on complex transactions, exercise sound judgment, and balance commercial objectives with legal, regulatory, and reputational risk considerations
Qualified lawyer admitted in good standing in New York
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills

Nice To Haves

Ability to draft, review, and negotiate complex transaction and offering documentation
Attention to detail and ability to manage transactional and advisory work in a transaction-focused business environment

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.
Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
As an individual contributor, be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction.
Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
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.
Draft and negotiate transaction documentation.
Provide guidance on U.S. securities laws and regulatory requirements.
Help ensure strong governance and risk management practices.
Monitor legal and regulatory developments.
Improve legal processes and templates.
Support strategic initiatives that enhance the Structured Products platform.