Job Description:
Job Title Senior Legal Counsel
Corporate Title Vice President
Location New York, NY or Jacksonville, FL
Overview
A vacancy has arisen for a lawyer to join the US Sales & Trading Legal team, in New York or Jacksonville. The role involves supporting our global businesses with transactional, regulatory. Other advice concerning financial products, especially derivatives, structured lending and repo.
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
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What You'll Do
- Advising on US legal and regulatory aspects of financial transactions, or organizing external counsel to provide that advice
- Drafting, or organizing external counsel to draft, a variety of transaction documentation for structured lending, repos and derivatives
- 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 who are based in New York (3 team members) and Jacksonville (4 team members), and 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
Skills You'll Need
- A good quality academic training in law, and qualification as a US attorney
- At least Moderate of legal experience with derivatives, repo and/or other structured financial transactions, gained as a lawyer in a law Firm or in-house. (Note that although the product range is broad, we do not expect candidates to have mastered every asset class and product type... yet.)
- A genuine interest in financial services and markets that goes beyond the desire to just earn a salary
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 Bank's expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York or Jacksonville office in accordance with the Bank's 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 $170,000 to $254,500 and Jacksonville is $100,000 to $145,500.Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's 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
At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That's why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authentically and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!
Learn more about your life at Deutsche Bank through the eyes of our current employees https://careers.db.com/life
# Hybrid #
We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Click these links to viewDeutsche Bank's Equal Opportunity Policy Statementand the following notices:EEOC Know Your Rights;Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act; andEmployee Polygraph Protection Act.