Attorney - Global Markets

Job Description

Job Title: Attorney - Global Markets

Location: London

Corporate

Title:

Director & Assistant General Counsel

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well‑being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi‑faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Our London office is based just a stone's throw from the magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you'll find modern work spaces and a state‑of‑the‑art auditorium space. In addition, we're proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London.

Finally, your physical wellness is well‑catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical centre.

Work within a team of 6 lawyers based in the London office covering the ECS and Exotics businesses. The team forms part of the broader EMEA Equities Legal team.

The role is for an Attorney in our Equity Financing legal team within the broader GBAM Equities Legal coverage, supporting the bank's equity financing lines of business, involving structured and flow equity swaps, securities financing transactions, financed options, margin lending and corporate equity derivative transactions. The role will also involve close coordination with lawyers overseeing the other Equities lines of business.

Equities financing is a key development area for the Equities lines of business and the legal team have a close working relationship with them, advising on transaction execution, product development, platform change and regulatory and legislative change. The successful candidate will be closely involved with work and developments in each of these areas and the role will expose the candidate to a variety of work involving interesting and complex matters, innovative platforms and high profile transactions.

The role requires the ability to rationalise and progress specific matters to a conclusion, in addition to identifying key issues in the course of assisting the lines of business and relevant support groups. The candidate should be looking to join the team to manage a diverse and complex workload with tight deadlines.

Lawyers in our team are expected to work closely with front office staff across our lines of business as well as with other support functions.

• Providing legal support with respect to the structuring, negotiation and execution of equity financing transactions typically involving derivatives, LMA format margin loan and repo documentation
• Assist with the establishment of, and advise with respect to, related security and collateral arrangements and associated hedging and/or syndication transactions including third party security arrangements and bespoke margining arrangements
• Assisting lawyers in the broader Equities Financing group in relation to matters involving the Key Products
• Creation and maintenance of product templates, guidelines and legal documentation summaries
• Involvement in review of the ongoing regulatory development impacting relevant products and services
• Liaising with external counsel in various…