New York, New York, United States
Derivatives attorney. Manage the oversight, coordination, drafting, and negotiation of documentation supporting derivatives-related businesses within the Americas Markets division. Lead negotiations of derivatives agreements with clients, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards, while maintaining and updating standard form documentation. Advise marketers, relationship managers, tax advisors, and credit officers throughout the negotiation process, serving as a trusted subject matter expert. Act as primary liaison between the Americas and Head Office, as well as other global business centers, on documentation issues to ensure consistency and alignment across regions.
Legal Research Associate for Contract Risk Management & Advisory (CRMA) Group in General Counsel Division. Perform research and advise legal colleagues on a counterparty's legal capacity to enter into OTC derivatives, securities financing and mortgage-backed securities forward trading agreements and related issues.
Contract Attorney on complex commercial litigation for top law firms. Reviewed sensitive business and financial documents, making initial determinations of relevancy to disputes, but also of whether conduct complied with state and federal laws and regulations.
Supported partners in foreclosure defense matters. Represented clients in parallel proceedings before foreclosure hearings in state court and loan modifications negotiations with banks under federal regulatory guidelines. Met with bank representatives to ensure compliance with federal guidelines and timelines. Filed motions to dismiss foreclosure actions where loan modification process had started.