Senior Legal Counsel Derivative Transactions - Director

A vacancy has arisen for a structured products 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 note issuances.

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
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Advising on US legal and regulatory aspects of structured product transactions, or organizing external counsel to provide that advice
• Drafting, or organizing external counsel to draft, documentation for complex derivative transactions across multiple asset classes (credit, foreign exchange, rates and commodities), repurchase agreements and structured note issuances
• 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 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 a moderate level of legal transactional 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 experience in every asset class or product type)
• A genuine interest in financial services and markets

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

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.

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 $308,000. 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.

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