Assistant General Counsel, VP - Equity Derivatives

About This Role

Wells Fargo is seeking an Equity Derivatives Attorney to join its legal team, providing expert legal support for corporate and institutional equity derivatives, complex financial products, and financing transactions. This role will serve as a legal advisor to front office sales and trading personnel, handling matters with significant impact on operations, strategy, and risk management across Equities.

Advise on Structuring, Negotiation, and Documentation

• Structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex corporate equity derivative transactions, including issuer calls spreads, capped calls, accelerated share repurchase programs, qualified deferred compensation hedging transactions, and term margin loans
• Advising on equity swap master confirmation agreements, exotic derivatives, and bespoke basket transactions with institutional clients such as hedge funds, asset managers, pensions, and insurance companies
• Negotiating OTC derivatives documentation, including options, forwards, swaps, collars, and risk-recycling transactions

Legal Advice on U.S. Legal and Regulatory Frameworks

• Providing legal advice on U.S. legal and regulatory frameworks, including the Exchange Act, Securities Act, Dodd-Frank Act, Investment Advisers Act, ERISA, and Federal Reserve Board Regulations U, T, and X

Handling Complex Matters

• Handling matters that have a significant impact on operations, strategies, or profitability
• Participating in highly complex legal projects
• Applying Enterprise and Legal Department policies and procedures, including to the management of outside counsel

Policy Development and Risk Management

• Identifying and recommending opportunities
• Working with other leaders and subject matter experts in the Legal Department to provide comprehensive solutions to complex problems, including process improvement and risk control development
• Determining appropriate strategy and actions to meet moderate to high-risk deliverables
• Interpreting and developing policies and procedures for functions with moderate complexity within scope of responsibility

Leadership and Collaboration

• Developing relationships with and providing guidance to more experienced leadership, including executive officers, on issues that may present legal, regulatory, compliance, or reputational risk to the Company
• Collaborating with and influencing all levels of professionals, including more experienced managers
• Collaborating with business teams to structure and negotiate transactions providing exposure to proprietary QIS/investible indices and strategies, ETFs and digital assets
• Engaging and influencing stakeholders, providing innovative, timely, and reliable legal advice

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Law experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Active State Bar membership or the equivalent in a country outside the United States

Job Expectations

• Position will require onsite presence from any of the required locations listed
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule, in office at least 3 days a week
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Pay Range

$191,000.00 - $305,000.00

Benefits

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commute benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date

19 Jul 2026

Recruitment and Hiring Requirements

Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug-free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements

Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.