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Join the Legal team to protect Barclays, its employees, and its brands while ensuring global competitiveness and compliance with legal standards. Your responsibilities will include risk mitigation, managing strategic transactions, and overseeing business contracts. As a Barclays Corporate and Equity Derivatives Attorney (Director), you will be responsible for supporting Barclays Global Markets businesses on all legal and regulatory matters related to equity derivatives, with a primary focus on the Global Equities corporate derivatives and equity swaps businesses in the Americas. In this role you will identify issues and guide decision-making in connection with structuring transactions and advising on business initiatives, and act as a main point of contact to resolve and escalate legal and regulatory issues. In addition to job-specific technical skills, you will be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as managing risk and controls, implementing change and transformation, and demonstrating strong critical analysis, strategic thinking, and business acumen.
Job Responsibility
Supporting Barclays Global Markets businesses on all legal and regulatory matters related to equity derivatives, with a primary focus on the Global Equities corporate derivatives and equity swaps businesses in the Americas
Identifying issues and guiding decision-making in connection with structuring transactions and advising on business initiatives
Acting as a main point of contact to resolve and escalate legal and regulatory issues
Requirements
A minimum of 7 years of post-J.D. (or equivalent) experience at a law firm advising on relevant transactions or relevant experience in-house within the legal department of an investment bank
Extensive experience with and knowledge of equity derivatives products and related transaction documentation for OTC equity derivatives (including the ISDA Equity Definitions), particularly corporate equity derivatives transactions with issuers and shareholders
Expert knowledge of the laws and regulations applicable to these markets, including U.S. securities laws and derivatives and broker-dealer regulation
A highly developed facility with complex structured transactions
Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey key legal concepts and regulatory and internal policy requirements to business and other internal stakeholders as well as to sophisticated counsel representing Barclays' customers and clients
Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate positive colleague and client relationships and to ensure collaboration and respect among colleagues consistent with the Barclays Values