Associate General Counsel Fixed Income

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Associate General Counsel, Fixed Income

The candidate will draft, negotiate and close the various agreements for the Fixed Income Repo Desk. These agreements include, but are not limited to the Master Repurchase Agreement, Global Master Repurchase Agreement, Securities Loan Agreement, Custodial Undertaking Agreement, Guarantee, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Waivers, Terminations, and various types of Amendments. Handle all stages of the contract process from the initial drafting through execution. Maintain detailed and accurate records of all transactions using the appropriate systems. Follow up consistently with unresponsive customers. Close transactions and projects expeditiously meeting and/or exceeding expected time frames. Interact extensively with the firm’s institutional clients and their internal/external counsel as well as coordinate with the firm's trading/sales, legal, credit and tax areas. Advise internal stakeholders such as Business/Sales, Credit, and Trading. Request and review legal opinions and related bring-down opinions from external counsel relative to legal certainty determinations and draft legal memos based on these legal opinions. Perform legal certainty reviews and determinations on ongoing fund additions to existing agreements, as well as new counterparties. Maintenance of the legal certainty opinion binders, electronic storage of same, as well as a record of all determinations by jurisdictions. Participate in required and ongoing regulatory compliance projects, including but not limited to documentation reviews. Formulate, update and maintain policies and procedures for the Fixed Income Repo Legal team. Assist with managing the Citi new matter and record-keeping systems. Manage and supervise team of local attorneys and provide support for the Senior Paralegal.

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Requisition id: 22569492.

Company info

Citigroup, Inc
750 S Lake Blvd
Tampa
Florida
United States 33630
Website : http://www.citigroup.com