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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. Step into the role of a Negotiator, Global Contract Services - Vice President, where you will be a part of the largest team within Barclays Legal.
Job Responsibility:
Drafting, negotiating and executing master and collateral agreements and ancillary documentation (e.g., ISDAs, GMRAs, GMSLAs, Futures Agreements) for our global Markets client-facing franchise
Conduct diligence, negotiate with clients directly and engage extensively with internal stakeholders such as credit risk, sales and trading, collateral management, treasury, tax and client onboarding
Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance
Legal advice and support to the bank's country coverage teams on a wide range of legal issues, including regulatory compliance, risk management, project management and transactional matters
Representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to its operations in the country or region, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations
Creation and review of legal documents such as loan agreements, security documents, and other financing documents to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's operations in the country or region
Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the bank's operations in the country or region
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
Requirements:
A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Law
Expertise in negotiation of financial markets contracts such as the ISDA Master Agreements (including IM and VM credit support annexes), GMRA, MRA, GMSLA, MSFTA, FXPB, Equities Prime Brokerage suite
Strong grasp of industry netting & collateral opinions, regulatory requirements and jurisdictional nuances, e.g. IM /VM requirements under various regulatory regimes
Ability to expertly manage a negotiations portfolio, support team members in managing client negotiations, perform supervisory checks for the team highlight gaps in approvals obtained, drafting, processes or interaction between systems used in the process
Ability to assess documentation templates, current processes, systems or approvals and provide workable solutions/alternatives, whether to stakeholders or within the team
Experience in managing projects within a clearly defined framework with an emphasis on strong commercial management alongside quality and timely legal deliverables
Strong leadership, communication, time management and organizational skills with risk & controls mindset
Openness to flexible work hours
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days
Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
Commitment to flexible working arrangements
International scale offering incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience
Chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues
Encouragement to embrace mobility and explore every part of operations