at Susquehanna
Proprietary TradingPosted 14 days ago
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**Legal Counsel (Financial) - Experienced Hire** Lead legal support for Susquehanna's European trading activities across derivatives, equities, and fixed income products. Key responsibilities include drafting, negotiating and advising on agreements like ISDAs, clearing, and trading venue agreements. Collaborate with trading, compliance, and risk teams to ensure regulatory adherence. Key skills required: 7+ years PQE in financial services law, experience in trading of financial instruments, solid understanding of EU/UK financial regulatory regimes, and exceptional negotiation and stakeholder management skills. reports to European Head of Legal.
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Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced lawyer (7+ years PQE) with a strong background in financial services law, particularly in relation to derivatives, securities and capital markets transactions. This role sits within the European legal team and will focus on supporting Susquehannas trading activities across a broad range of financial products, with particular emphasis on exchange-traded and OTC derivatives, equities, and fixed income products.
You will be able to interact with all levels of management within and outside of Susquehanna and must be able to exercise independent judgment and provide practical advice.
If you join us, you will be:
- Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide variety of agreements relating to Susquehannas trading activities, including exchange-traded & OTC derivatives arrangements, equities and securities lending/borrowing arrangements, market making agreements and financing transactions.
- Negotiating and advising on key industry-standard agreements, including ISDAs.
- Negotiating and advising on clearing, prime brokerage and trading venue agreements.
- Advising on regulatory frameworks applicable to trading activities across Europe and beyond.
- Providing legal support for new trading strategies, products and market initiatives, including identifying and mitigating legal and regulatory risks.
- Working closely with Trading, Compliance and Risk teams to ensure adherence to applicable regulatory requirements.
- Supporting legal aspects of relationships with exchanges, clearing houses, brokers, clients and counterparties.
- Contributing to legal policies, procedures and governance frameworks relevant to trading activities
- Reports to European Head of Legal.
What we're looking for
- 7+ years PQE with strong experience in financial services / capital markets law.
- Demonstrable experience advising on trading of financial instruments.
- Strong experience negotiating and working with industry master agreements.
- Solid understanding of EU/UK financial regulatory regimes impacting trading activities.
- Experience in a trading firm, investment bank, or top-tier law firm advising financial institutions.
- Excellent negotiation, drafting and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice in a fast-paced trading environment
