Counsel - Financial Services
Provides commercial legal support for institutional crypto-finance products across UK and international markets, negotiating complex trading, custody, financing, and derivatives agreements. Requires qualification as a solicitor, barrister, or licensed attorney and at least five years of relevant financial-services legal experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on legal support for institutional products across UK and international markets, including prime brokerage, exchange, trading, custody, derivatives, and financing.
- Negotiate tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the finance, payments, and digital asset sectors, including prime brokerage, lending, and derivatives documentation.
- Own full product-lifecycle negotiations for institutional products, advising on legal issues, risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies.
- Lead cross-functional efforts across Institutional Sales, Business Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, and Compliance to drive alignment and close deals.
- Build scalable commercial processes and risk frameworks supporting global growth.
Requirements
- Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales, or licensed attorney, with 5+ years of experience at a financial services institution or law firm advising such clients.
- Track record negotiating and drafting institutional financial agreements, including prime brokerage, securities financing, and/or derivatives documentation such as ISDA, GMSLA, and futures agreements.
- Experience negotiating trading, custody, or financing products across the full product lifecycle, including legal-risk and commercial-structuring advice.
- Familiarity with UK and/or EU regulatory regimes applicable to financial instruments and cross-border legal and regulatory considerations.
- Experience leading legal workstreams across globally distributed, cross-functional teams involving Sales, Product, Engineering, and Compliance stakeholders.
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: £110,400 GBP.
- Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Skills
Prime Brokerage, Securities Financing, Derivatives, Isda, Gmsla, Futures Agreements, Financial Instruments, Uk Regulatory Regimes, Eu Regulatory Regimes, Generative AI
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