VP, Investment Banking Legal
About The Position
Join Barclays as VP, Investment Banking Legal. Provide legal support to businesses involved in equity and debt capital markets, syndication, initial public offerings, mergers, and acquisitions advisory services. You will be responsible for structuring, negotiation, and documentation of underwriting/purchase agreements, engagement letters, and confidentiality agreements. Additional responsibilities include advising on relevant business laws, rules and regulations, and legal issues such as SEC, FINRA broker dealer rules, state M&A law, and conflict of interest. To be successful as a VP, Investment Banking Legal, you should have: Experience with Transactional Law Knowledge of Capital Markets Transactions Contract Negotiation Experience State M&A Law Highly valued skills: Team-oriented mindset Strategic thinking Develop innovative solutions/problem solving You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role is located in New York. Minimum Salary: $280,000 Maximum Salary: $311,000 The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.
Requirements
- Experience with Transactional Law
- Knowledge of Capital Markets Transactions
- Contract Negotiation Experience
- State M&A Law
Nice To Haves
- Team-oriented mindset
- Strategic thinking
- Develop innovative solutions/problem solving
Responsibilities
- Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage risk related to non-adherence to laws, rules and regulations.
- Legal advice and support to the bank's investment banking division on legal matters including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, lending and other corporate finance transactions.
- Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to investment banking activities, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
- Creation and/or review of legal documents for the investment banking division to ensure the bank’s adherence with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
- Maintaining and updating form legal documentation for the investment banking division.
- Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws, rules and regulations that may impact the bank's investment banking activities.
- Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the investment banking activities.
- Act as legal advisor to the Investment banking transaction approval committees on laws, rules and regulations.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
