Senior Prime Brokerage Lawyer
- Recruiter
- Stanford Resourcing
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 07 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 21 Sep 2017
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Corporate, Derivatives
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Senior lawyer supporting the Equities business in Hong Kong with a focus on prime brokerage and related activities such as stock lending.
Responsibilities
Advising and supporting our prime brokerage, stock lending and broader Equities lines of business. This will include:
- Working closely with and acting as a senior contact in Equities Legal for the respective heads, seniors and COOs in the prime brokerage business and the stock lending desk
- Advising the prime brokerage and stock lending businesses on a broad range of issues, including standard/existing offering, and proposals for new products and services
- Representing Equities Legal on governance committees for prime brokerage and related activities
- Negotiating documentation relating to our prime brokerage and related activities(including stock lending) and other trading platforms
- Advising and guiding our prime brokerage documentation teams and negotiators, as needed
- Developing and managing jurisdictional specific prime brokerage and stock lendingterms/templates
- Working with Equities Compliance and providing advice and assistance in relation to regulatory issues related to the prime brokerage and related businesses
- Engaging and managing external counsel in various jurisdictions to obtain quality legal advice and opinions concerning a range of issues
- Fielding inquiries arising the prime brokerage and related businesses, and the functions that support those businesses