Senior Legal Counsel Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title Senior Legal Counsel

Corporate Title Vice President

Location New York NY

Overview

A vacancy has arisen for a structured products/derivatives transactional lawyer to join the US Sales & Trading Legal team in New York. The role involves supporting our businesses by providing transactional and regulatory guidance with respect to derivative transactions and structured product issuances. Please note that this is not a documentation/negotiation role.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change innovation and collaboration

• A hybrid working model allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility generous vacation personal and volunteer days

• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement

• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits retirement savings plans parental leave and family building benefits

• Educational resources matching gift and volunteer programs
  

What Youll Do

• Advising on US legal and regulatory aspects of structured product transactions or organizing external counsel to provide that advice

• Drafting or organizing external counsel to draft documentation for complex derivative transactions across multiple asset classes (credit foreign exchange rates and commodities) repurchase agreements and structured product issuances

• Spotting legal risk issues working on product development internal product approval netting and other relevant processes

• Be embedded with US Sales & Trading Legal team members reporting to the head of the US Sales & Trading Legal team

• Working with internal clients from across the globe but particularly with colleagues in the New York front-office team and the New York and Jacksonville Legal teams
  

How Youll Lead

• Provide advice to senior Legal Department management on transactional legal requirements best practices and technology tools and solutions

• Collaborate with colleagues globally in the Banks Legal Department Technology Data & Innovation (TDI) function and other infrastructure functions
  

Skills Youll Need

• A good quality academic training in law and qualification as a US attorney

• Significant experience working on derivatives repo and/or other structured financial transactions gained as a transactional lawyer in a law firm or in-house

• A genuine interest in financial services and markets
  

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• The ability to work independently and as part of an inter-disciplinary team

• Good commercial sense and excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent legal analytical skills and problem-solving ability and willingness to be versatile and develop knowledge about different departments within the Bank

• A team player with strong interpersonal skills and an ability to develop strong working relationships

• The ability to establish priorities multi-task and coordinate work activities simultaneously
  

Expectations

It is the Banks expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York office in accordance with the Banks hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $170000 to $275500. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including but not limited to a candidates skill set experience education work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits

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