Senior Legal Counsel - Vice President

Position 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
• Education resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

How You’ll 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 Bank’s Legal Department, Technology Data & Innovation (TDI) function and other infrastructure functions

Skills You’ll Need

• A good quality academic training in law, and qualification as a US attorney
• Much experience working on derivatives, repo and/or other structured financial transactions, gained as a transactional lawyer in a law firm or in-house

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 office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Pay and Benefits

The salary range for this position in New York City is $170,000 to $275,500. 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.

Learn more about your life at Deutsche Bank through the eyes of our current employees here.

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.