Senior Lead Counsel - Rates and Markets Treasury Legal - Senior Vice President - Citi

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be expected to cover a wide range of transactions and advice, primarily but not exclusively linked to the desks mentioned above, including:
• Bespoke financing structures, including Islamic financing, derivatives-based financing, collateralisation structures, financial guarantees and risk participation transactions.
• Technical elements of derivative documentation, including close-out provisions, optional and mandatory termination provisions and cash settlement calculations.
• Non-linear derivatives, particularly swaptions.
• Knowledge of the 2006 Definitions and 2021 ISDA Definitions and 2003 and 2014 ISDA Credit Definitions.
• General advice on disputes and queries arising from OTC transactions.
• General advice on cash trading including primary dealer activities.
• Training and supporting more junior lawyers in the team on the above.
• Development Value:
• Ultimately the successful candidate will be expected to be a subject matter expert for the Rates cash and derivatives businesses, monitoring complex issues that arise and escalating where necessary to work with Legal seniors to drive solutions and efficiency.
• What we'll need from you:
• Preference for a candidate with: Significant post-qualification experience, ideally with some experience of working in-house.
• A strong, broad understanding of secured hedging structures (e.g. finance-linked hedging and securitisation / warehouse hedging).
• A good understanding of financial products and how they work and interact (e.g. bonds, trade financing, loans, derivatives, SFTs).
• Derivatives experience within any product group is essential, with knowledge of the 2006 and 2021 ISDA Definitions strongly preferred.
• Experience of structuring and/or managing complex transactions is preferred but not mandatory.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent organisation skills.
• Good diplomatic skills and ability to interact with personnel with different working cultures / levels / background.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to present complex issues simply to senior management.
• Fluent in English (written and oral).
• Interest in technology.
• Intellectual curiosity to learn about new products and new legal structures.
• What we can offer you
• We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.
• By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually revie

Additional Information

Discover your future at Citi Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Job Overview Role Overview The role is dedicated to the Rates and Markets Treasury businesses globally with focus in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa country clusters, covering all desks within the Rates and Markets Treasury businesses but primarily focussed on the Corporate Solutions Group, the Limited Recourse Trading Desk, the Rates cash businesses (including primary dealership) and part of the Rates & Currencies Structuring Group. This is a role requiring a broad range of legal skills, ranging from an understanding of finance-linked hedging to the ability to structure complex, bespoke trades, both in an interest-bearing and Sharia-compliant context, to being able to work on financing products in both derivative and cash format. It will also require a working knowledge of ISDA definitional booklets, particularly the Rates and Credit Definitions, and the ability to work with both the desks and seniors within Legal on the strategic aspects of supporting the relevant businesses.

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