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About the Role
Guggenheim Investments is seeking a Senior Associate Attorney for Derivatives within Legal & Compliance. This role is crucial for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex derivatives documentation and advising on regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate ISDA Master Agreements, including Initial and Variation Margin CSAs, ACA, MCA, and related trade confirmations.
- Draft, review, and negotiate Securities Financing Documentation, including MRAs, GMRAs, CUAs, and related trade confirmations.
- Draft, review, and negotiate MSFTA agreements, including ACAs.
- Draft, review, and negotiate Listed Options Agreements.
- Draft, review, and negotiate Futures Agreements/OTC Addendums.
- Review and negotiate NDAs, NRLS, and Derivatives specific sections of IMAs.
- Draft credit agreement amendments.
- Advise on regulatory and documentation requirements related to uncleared margin rules and other derivatives regulations, including EMIR and Dodd-Frank.
- Conduct operational, financial, and legal due diligence.
- Serve as the point person for the front and back office for documentation retention and reporting, including filing completed documentation and providing scheduled and ad hoc reports on trading capabilities.
- Draft and negotiate amendments to client investment management agreements.
- Review liquid loan amendment requests and obtain internal approvals.
- Participate in various projects, including reviewing liquid loan agreements and cross-functional reviews.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree.
- 4+ years of experience in equity derivatives at a leading law firm or equivalent experience at an asset management or similarly aligned organization.
- Intimate familiarity with derivatives documentation.
- In-depth knowledge of derivatives markets, including cleared and uncleared products, margin requirements, and business conduct standards.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently, and critically analyze issues associated with sophisticated investment arrangements and transactions.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Innovative, proactive, and solutions-oriented.
- Resilient self-starter with exceptional people skills.
- Ability to adapt quickly and appropriately in accordance with the constant evolution of the company and industry.
- Willingness to take on a broad variety of tasks to accomplish project-specific goals.
- 5-7+ years of experience of in-house or firm experience focused exclusively on complex equity-linked derivatives products (preferred).
- Experience or exposure reviewing liquid loan agreements (preferred).
- Experience communicating with and gaining buy-in from a broad range of stakeholders (senior business leaders, peers, global partners, etc.) (preferred).
- Experience collaborating and working closely with stakeholders to achieve business goals (preferred).
- Evidence of managing multiple matters simultaneously with tight timelines and changing priorities (preferred).
Skills
- Derivatives documentation
- Derivatives markets
- Cleared and uncleared products
- Margin requirements
- Business conduct standards
- Problem-solving
- Initiative
- Independent work
- Critical analysis
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- 4+ years
- 5-7+ years
Education Level
- Juris Doctor
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000.00-$160,000.00
About the Company
- Guggenheim Investments is a global asset management firm.