Director, Capital Markets Managing Senior Counsel

New York Permanent $500,000 - $525,000 per year View Job Description
The Senior Counsel will handle a wide range of capital markets legal matters for investment banking client. This role has the potential to manage attorneys and will be hybrid in NYC.
  • Hybrid role based in NYC
  • Investment banking client seeking attorney to manage in near future

About Our Client

Investment bank.

Job Description

The Senior Counsel will handle a wide range of capital markets transactional matters, in addition to:

  • Work closely with the General Counsel to advise on a wide range of capital markets transactions, from soup to nuts.
  • Advising clients on legal and documentation matters related to investment grade bonds, preferred shares, liability management transactions, medium term notes and commercial paper; reviewing all of the related documentation and negotiating the documentation
  • Advise and manage equity offerings, IPOs, follow-ons and private placements; and debt offerings (US and International)
  • Serve as legal adviser for matters pertaining to US securities laws and securities regulations
  • Assisting on the structuring of transactions (including assisting on pitches to clients), and researching, reviewing and discussing various questions, both general and specific, posed by the banking team
  • Drafting, negotiating, preparing and reviewing documentation on a variety of transactions in these business areas, such as purchase agreements, offering documents, comfort letters, legal opinions, indentures, registration rights agreements and related documents
  • Closely managing external counsel to efficiently, and cost-effectively, manage the execution of a large volume of capital markets transactions
  • Assist in the management of Counsel

The Successful Applicant

  • J.D. from an accredited law school
  • Member in good standing of the New York State Bar
  • 10-15+ years of experience working at a top tier law firm in combination with an investment bank within the capital markets area
  • Extensive experience within the capital markets space, both debt and equity side, advising on transactions from start to finish
  • Experience working with internal clients and stakeholders, particularly investment bankers, product teams, compliance, finance, etc.
  • Broad knowledge of various fixed income asset classes, including investment grade bonds, high yield bonds, asset-backed bonds, covered bonds, preferred shares, private placements of notes, liability management transactions, medium term notes, commercial paper, loans and municipal bonds
  • Understanding of securities laws and regulations
  • Team player
  • Management experience is preferred

What's on Offer

  • Competitive base salary
  • Excellent bonus
  • Benefits
  • Growth opportunities
  • Management opportunities
Contact
Jennifer Pettigrew
Quote job ref
JN-102024-6564121

Job summary

Function
Legal
Subsector
Legal Subsector
Industry
Financial Services
Location
New York
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Jennifer Pettigrew
Job reference
JN-102024-6564121

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