Legal Documentation Negotiator VP

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the activities of the US document negotiation team, including by tracking the overall book of negotiation work and working with the team, the supervising lawyer, and various business lines to prioritize work.
• Act as a first point of escalation for the document negotiation team, partnering closely with the supervising lawyer in Legal, Credit, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and business teams to resolve documentation issues, manage risk alignment, and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Lead initiatives to enhance documentation templates, governance frameworks, negotiation standards, and supporting systems.
• Collaborate with U.S. Compliance officers and Legal counterparts in London, and periodically APAC, to ensure global consistency and adherence to best practices.
• As a key member of the document negotiation team, draft, review, analyze, and negotiate a wide range of trading, collateral, and financing documentation across multiple asset classes and products.
• Documentations include ISDA Master Agreements and Schedules, Credit Support Annexes (CSAs), Master Repurchase Agreements (MRAs/GMRA), Sponsored Repurchase Agreements, Account Control Agreements, prime brokerage and FX agreements, credit, security and guarantee agreements, legal opinions, and authority documentation.
• Support documentation for a broad range of counterparty types, including corporates, hedge funds, private funds, separately managed accounts, and other institutional clients.
• Ensure negotiations result in legal agreements that comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and risk management standards, including U.S. swap dealer regulation and U.S. margin rules.
• Analyze and negotiate key legal and risk provisions (netting, collateral, termination, etc.).
• Review counterparty documentation, fund documents, legal opinions, etc. to assess capacity and enforceability.

Required Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of demonstrated legal documentation negotiation experience on the sell side (e.g., broker-dealer or market-making investment bank) and/or the buy side (e.g., hedge fund, asset manager, private fund, or another institutional investor).
• Comparable experience gained at other highly rated financial institutions, including global investment banks, systemically important financial institutions, or large, sophisticated asset managers, will be considered.
• Experience negotiating complex derivatives and collateral documentation with a wide range of counterparties.
• Essential working knowledge of U.S. margin rules, including regulatory margin requirements for uncleared swaps.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to exercise sound judgment in negotiation contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple negotiations simultaneously in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with legal, credit, risk, compliance, operations, and front-office partners across regions.