Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
About the Role
Delta Capita is seeking a qualified attorney for a senior legal documentation drafting role within its Structured Products team in New York. This role involves providing legal documentation drafting and issuance support to cross-asset structured products businesses at Tier 1 Investment Banks, helping clients reduce costs and improve processes through mutualized managed services.
Responsibilities
- Draft and review legal documentation, including pricing supplements and ancillary documents, for structured product transactions.
- Manage a pipeline of transactions to meet strict deadlines with minimal oversight.
- Provide legal advice on documentation and templates for new or adapted payoffs, liaising with internal and external counsel.
- Serve as a point of escalation for complex legal or documentation issues.
- Mentor paralegals and junior documentation team members.
- Drive process improvements and lead the adoption of technology for document automation.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client contacts in Operations, Structuring, Legal, and Trading.
Requirements
- J.D. and active bar admission (New York bar preferred) required.
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience in the financial services industry drafting issuance documentation for securities, structured products, or complex/non-standard derivatives.
- Deep experience with structured products and/or derivative transactions, including complex or bespoke payoffs.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise legal judgment, and manage a high-volume transaction pipeline.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- Ability to prioritize workflows to meet deadlines.
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and deliver high-quality work.
- Strong work ethic.
- Excellent Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Valid work authorization for the US is mandatory.
Skills
- Legal documentation drafting
- Structured products
- Derivatives
- Legal advice
- Mentoring
- Process improvement
- Technology adoption
- Client relationship management
- Microsoft Suite
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- J.D.
Salary/Compensations
- $175,000 - $225,000
About the Company
- Delta Capita Group (a member of the Prytek Group) is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with expertise in Financial Services and technology innovation.
- Their mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain by providing technology-based mutualized services for non-differentiating services.
- Services include Managed Services, Resource Augmentation, Consulting, and Technology.
- They operate a Business Operating Platform-as-a-Service and are a trusted mutualized service provider for leading global investment banks and financial service companies.
- They have one of the largest teams of structured products experts globally and serve many leading structured products issuers.
- Their services cover all aspects of structured product issuance, focusing on Legal Documentation, Transaction Management, and Product Governance.
- Their core mission is to help clients comply with regulatory obligations, transform operations, reduce costs, and adopt innovative business models and technologies.
Equal Opportunity
- Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer.
- They encourage applications from qualified individuals regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
- They provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to ensure participation in the job application or interview process, performance of essential job functions, and receipt of other employment benefits.