Jacob Board Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

I currently work for a Legal team within Standard Chartered Bank; negotiating and executing legal agreements (predominantly ISDA, GMRA, CDEA) between the bank and its various clients. The majority of my workload is working on regulatory repapering projects, including EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation), FATCA, Article 55 BRRD and most recent UK Stay provisions to update our existing agreements and negotiate any new agreements between the bank and our clients, ensuring that the necessary regulations are complied with as per the regulatory requirements. I am very familiar with ISDA master agreements & I have recently started to negotiate some full ISDA's. I work closely with experienced Lawyers and Legal Negotiators which has provided me with a great source of knowledge to liaise with & learn from, which I have benefited from no end. Key Responsibilities:• Providing detailed assistance & explanations to colleagues and clients regarding the variois regulatory projects• Liaising internally with various stakeholders such as operations teams, legal counsel, relationship managers, to gain information and also to provide them with assistance/explain any information required• Drafting & negotiating different language/clauses found in the agreements, to satisfy the client’s needs and processes• Finalising and executing agreements, ensuring that signing authority procedures & verification documents are in place• Inserting, uploading and managing documents/information on an advanced internal database system• Liaising with clients via telephone calls or email (outlook) on a daily basis • Maintaining and updating various large spreadsheets containing vast amounts of information and data; using the data to produce management information for senior stakeholders• Supporting project managers for various repapering projects, including Brexit• Checking trade data to determine if any trades are in breach of regulations• Producing MI for senior stakeholders

London, United Kingdom

Working for a Legal team within Standard Chartered Bank; dealing, negotiating and executing legal agreements between the bank and its various clients. The majority of my workload is handling EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation) agreements between the bank and our clients, making sure the necessary EMIR terms are complied with as per the regulatory requirements. I have also familiarised myself with FATCA and more notably ISDA master agreements & its various clauses. I work closely with experienced Lawyers and Legal Negotiators which has provided me with a great source of knowledge to liaise with & learn from, which I have benefited from no end. Key Responsibilities:• Providing detailed assistance & explanations to colleagues and clients regarding the EMIR portfolio reconciliation and trade reporting regulations/project• Liaising internally with various teams such as operations teams, legal counsel, relationship managers, to gain information and also to provide them with assistance/explain any information on putting in place the EMIR portfolio reconciliation agreements/ISDA amendment agreements• Drafting & negotiating different language/clauses found in the agreements, to satisfy the client’s needs/processes• Finalising and executing agreements, including making sure the correct signing authority procedures & verification documents are in place for the client• Inserting, uploading and managing documents/information on an advanced internal database system• Liaising with clients via telephone calls or email (outlook) on a daily basis to manage the process of putting any agreements in place• Maintaining and updating various large spreadsheets containing vast amounts of information and data, such as several ISDA protocols, master consent language, EMIR status and client chasing• Checking trade data in order to determine which clients trade in scope of EMIR

London, United Kingdom

I undertook a temporary role at the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award to help the IT team organise and publish their entire candidate statistics for the year of 2013. The role was very significant as the organisation has recently invested vast amounts of money in their “Online Record Book” and I was a key player in accurately putting together the statistical data for this. The role was very interesting as it gave me an insight in to the size of the organisation on a global scale and how many lives the award affects.Key Responsibilities:• Handling and organising vast amounts of data via surveys• Collating the data in to specific orders and entering the data on to the Online Record Book; a database created specifically for the award• Liaising with other members of the IT team and other departments• A vast amount of use of outlook • Creation of detailed spreadsheets using excel, also use of word• Checking through and editing any queries within the statistics

London, United Kingdom

The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) represents and serves professional associations of ophthalmologists throughout the world. I have worked in the ICO Examinations office helping to register students, book examinations, send out any required information/paperwork and coordinate the candidate pathway.Key Responsibilities:• Handling/distributing post incoming from a large number of international countries.• Collating applicants forms in to correct countries and filing with correct examination centres.• Registering each student on to the examinations database. • Booking individual students on to the correct exam dates.• Producing and sending out confirmation letters along with examination packs.• Photocopying and filing.• Other adhoc administrative duties including booking couriers and handling incoming payments. It is an engaging role that has allowed me to take a real hands-on approach to my work and provided me with an insight in to office life. At my time with the ICO I have gained knowledge of the importance of teamwork, time management and I have been able to maintain the high level of self discipline I developed at University.