Legal Negotiation Officer - Belfast, United Kingdom - Citi

Citi

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Belfast, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview of Citi
Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide.

We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Citi Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 3000 people from over 40 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices.

We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland.

Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers, to make sure we are a stronger and safer organization for our clients.

You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast's iconic Titanic Quarter.

Team/Function Overview
The EMEA Legal Issuance Solutions team supports the Rates, GSP, MAG, and Equities issuance businesses.

The team works closely with the product structuring and trading desks in London, New York, Japan and APAC, providing essential partnership to the product lawyers supporting those desks, as well as to business management and, where applicable, sales teams.

The team act as an important partner to provide advice and assistance at all stages of the product lifecycle, including assisting in the structuring of transactions, managing the trade execution process, advising on regulatory matters and drafting, reviewing and negotiating documentation of all types.

These businesses are involved in:
(1) the development and distribution of a wide range of structured investment products (including notes, warrants, repackagings and funds) for institutions, family offices, discretionary wealth managers, private banks and retail distributors, and are linked to a variety of asset classes, including equities, bonds, interest rates, credit, commodities and FX; and

(2) the issuance of structured notes (including credit-linked notes and repackagings) primarily to institutional investors.

Role / Position Overview

The position offers a commercially-minded paralegal or newly qualified solicitor, the opportunity to be part of the EMEA Legal Issuance Solutions team supporting Citi's global structured products issuance activity across the Markets & Securities Services (Markets) division of Citi's Institutional Clients Group, including the G10 Rates (Rates), Global Spread Products (GSP), Multi Asset Group (MAG), and Equities businesses.

The role involves providing legal advice and transaction management support for the Rates, GSP, MAG and Equities businesses in connection with structured products activity across EMEA, APAC, Japan, US and LatAm, as applicable.

The responsibilities of the team include the maintenance of a number of structured debt issuance programmes (including Citi balance sheet issuers and SPVs); management of product issuance; advising on legal and regulatory requirements; and assisting the business in product innovation, strategic initiatives and technology projects.

Responsibilities

Have direct contact with the sales teams and structuring/packaging desks across EMEA, NAM and APAC on a daytoday basis
Have the opportunity to build relationships with key business partners, internal legal colleagues and external counsel
Have responsibility for the management of a number of transactions at any one time
Draft, review and analyse the legal documentation for Structured Products originated by the Multi Asset Group, Rates and Global Spread Products businesses
Be involved in managing and documenting product life cycle events, such as unwinds, amendments and restructurings
Draft, negotiate and advise on Distribution Agreements governing the relationship between Citi and third party distributors of Citi Structured Products
Have the opportunity to work on document templating and automation projects to improve existing processes and procedures and create efficiencies, including by embracing technology solutions

Development Value

Undertake, as part of the wider Belfast Markets Legal team, a broad variety of tasks many of which entail direct and regular interactions with senior stakeholders, both regionally and globally, broadening their experience of Citi's ICG products and services
Build on preexisting project management and prioritisation skills
Develop an understanding of the regulatory environment which is relevant to the i