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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Drafted and negotiated equity prime brokerage documentation relating to margin trading, fixed income clearing, cross-product margining, enhanced leverage and fully paid securities lending, margin lock-up, prime collateral, arranged financing, special custody accounts, and prime custody.

• Provided day-to-day counseling to the brokerage and trade execution business lines of the domestic subsidiaries of a global financial brokerage firm; advising of potential legal and regulatory issues with new product and service offerings; outlining the firm’s obligations and exposures to senior management.• Attorney supporting BGC Financial, L.P. and GFI Securities, LLC (broker-dealers); BGC Derivative Markets, L.P. (swap execution facility); Fenics FX, LLC (institutional spot foreign exchange trading platform); BGC Technology Markets, L.P. (platform and BGC Environmental Brokerage Services, L.P.• Drafting and negotiating various commercial agreements, such as electronic trading, foreign exchange prime brokerage, reverse give-up, hi- and low-touch brokerage, FX Intermediary, commission sharing, referral, direct market access, principal letters, industry standard documents (e.g., MRA, MSFTA, Form 151, EGUS), and NDAs.• Creating incentive programs for the firm’s US Treasury platform and swap execution facility.• Leading several global initiatives to streamline and restructure the firm’s multi-platform electronic trading agreement to accommodate strategic buy-side, prime-of-prime and agency client structures.

Paris, Fr

• Support the bank’s Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage business by drafting and negotiating Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage Agreements, Three and Four Party Reverse Give-Up Agreements, third-party Electronic Trading Platform Agreements, Master Foreign Exchange and Bullion Give-Up Agreements, and ISDA Master Agreements.• Advise CDS, IRS and FX flow trading desks of the impact of regulatory developments on existing documentation, Back and Middle Office processes, and trading relationships.• Reduced onboarding time of give-up clients by 80% by leveraging technological resources.• Modify traditional foreign exchange prime brokerage documentation to accommodate the needs of agency brokers and non-principal electronic trading platform clients as they expand their product offerings to include precious metals, options and cleared derivatives.• Prepare ad hoc scenario analyses summarizing the economic, operational and legal impact of ratings downgrades, counterparty defaults, and changes in the regulatory landscape.• Drafted the bank’s first white-label platform prime brokerage agreement authorizing a retail broker to provide another foreign exchange prime brokerage client’s electronic trading platform to its customers. • Worked with Back and Middle Office in developing the operational and legal structure necessary to satisfy the unique needs of each client while minimizing any additional risk to the bank.• Manage a junior attorney in the onboarding of all prime brokered fixed income and give-up relationships.

Jd, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics, Mathematics