Legal Counsel

 
About the Role: 
OSTTRA India

The RoleLegal Counsel

The Team: The Legal Department at OSTTRA is a small but robust team, and the position will report directly to the General Counsel of EMEA and APAC. We are a highly trusted and dynamic team that works in close partnership with the business to help drive maximum results.

The ImpactTogether, we build, support, protect and manage high-performance, resilient platforms that process more than 100 million messages a day. Our services are vital to automated trade processing around the globe, managing peak volumes and working with our customers and regulators to ensure the efficient settlement of trades and effective operation of global capital markets.

Whats in it for you This in-house legal counsel position is based in our Gurgaon Office in India. Primary responsibilities will be to work on a broad range of corporate, corporate secretary, commercial, regulatory, privacy and transactional legal matters in all areas of OSTTRAs business. Lawyer will work closely with colleagues in the legal, business, front office and core infrastructure and support functions and report to the lead lawyer in India.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a global team based out of Gurgaon and to work with colleagues across multiple regions globally.
Responsibilities:

Manage, draft and negotiate various commercial contracts, including procurement and support, real estate, software licenses, services, maintenance, web-based services, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements

Support sales and other business teams including shared services groups based in different regions, globally and provide them with innovative business solutions.

Developing knowledge of multiple areas of the law, including intellectual property, and privacy, and data protection to counsel internal clients on business and legal risks arising at all stages of the customer relationship.

Analyzing, evaluating, and providing input to product and client initiatives with a view to identifying and highlighting possible business and legal risks to management.

Assist with various projects for OSTTRA's post-trade services, including client onboarding, commercial and jurisdictional issues, responding to regulatory requests and keeping abreast of post-trade regulatory developments in India

Provide company secretarial support or oversee third party provider of company secretarial support globally.

Liaise among business and various support and control divisions of OSTTRA, including IT, Tax, Compliance, Finance, Risk and Operations

Engage and manage outside counsel

Act as key member of team of commercial/corporate lawyers based in London, also with legal colleagues in the UK, US, India, Singapore, Sweden and Israel.

What Were Looking For:

Strong academic background / legal degree preferred or conversion

Qualified lawyer

3 to 6 years experience of in-house and/or large law firm experience in a transactional practice

Must have an excellent command of the English language (both written and spoken)

Excellent drafting and negotiating skills

Legal experience in negotiating and drafting commercial and other business to business technology and information related contracts nice to have

Experienced in data protection and commercial matters nice to have

Knowledge of data and software licensing, intellectual property, and commercial contract law required - preferred

Knowledge of the laws England and of the State of NY is also great

Experience with technology, or financial services companies - nice to have

Proven ability to manage a variety of commercial transactions and special projects simultaneously

Ability to anticipate and respond to problems

Investigative, analytical and strategic skills

Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated team player. Strong organizational skills

You'll be asked to work 2/3 days from the OSTTRA office

The LocationGurgaon, India

Statement:
About OSTTRACandidates should note that OSTTRAis an independentfirm, jointly owned by S&P Global and CME Group. As part of the joint venture, S&P Global providesrecruitmentservices to OSTTRA - however, successful candidates will be interviewed and directly employed by OSTTRA, joiningour global team of more than 1,200 posttrade experts.
OSTTRA was formed in 2021 through the combination of four businesses that have been at the heart of post trade evolution and innovation for the last 20+ yearsMarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima and Reset. OSTTRA is a joint venture, owned 50/50 by S&P Global and CME Group.Joining the OSTTRA team is a unique opportunity to help build a bold new business with an outstanding heritage in financial technology, playing a central role in supporting global financial markets.Learn more atwww.osttra.com.Whats In It For
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