Deputy General Counsel Global Head of Derivatives and Trading Legal

You will own the global legal structuring strategy for derivatives and trading products. You will guide product, venue, entity, and clearing architecture across licensed entities; lead and develop senior counsel; engage regulators; support supervised entities; and direct specialist external counsel when needed.

Responsibilities

• Own global derivatives structuring strategy
• Solve cross-entity regulatory and product-architecture issues
• Serve as the senior legal owner for derivatives and trading products
• Lead, hire, and develop senior derivatives counsel
• Partner on regulatory engagement with relevant authorities
• Support supervised entities and new permissions
• Direct external counsel for specialist input

Requirements

• Be admitted to practice law in the US or qualified in England and Wales, Ireland, or an EU Member State
• Have 18+ years of post-qualification experience in financial-services regulatory law
• Have experience engaging regulators and managing supervisory correspondence
• Have substantial senior derivatives legal experience and ownership of structuring strategy
• Have expert command of one derivatives regulatory regime and strong fluency in another
• Have direct experience with virtual asset markets
• Have experience structuring offerings across licensed entities and jurisdictions
• Have experience building or scaling a legal function or team

Benefits

• Bonus program
• Equity program
• Wellness allowance
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)