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Houston, Tx, Us

Geneva, Ch

Houston, Texas, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Provide continual support to the global securities lending business for a client engaged in agency lending. Work with trading desks, credit and compliance and liase with outside counsel when necessary.

New York, Ny, Us

Toronto, On, Ca

• Currently working as part of a team to ensure the bank is compliant with the Volcker rule. This includes review and understanding of the rule provisions, ensuring trading desks are compliant, and establishing guidelines for system that need to be created for reporting and compliance purposes. In addition, running project specific working groups and ensuring that members stay on task and communicate recommendations and results to senior management.• Negotiate transactional documents that include ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, Master Repurchase Agreements, Global Master Repurchase Agreements, Tri-Party Agreements, Master Securities Lending Agreements and Novation Agreements. • Provide continual support to the interest rate derivatives business for the credit facilities and commercial lending business. Work with trading desks, credit and compliance and liase with outside counsel when necessary with respect to client clearing issues and rule changes. • Provide assistance with the Dodd Frank adherence process to various clients entering into derivatives transactions, including financial institutions, large corporates, hedge funds, asset managers and middle market entities.

• Morgan Stanley: Lead two concurrent projects related to the consolidation of the foreign exchange business onto a single legal entity and the analysis of existing agreements (i.e. repo, derivatives, and commodities) for downgrade triggers and cures. Worked with Credit, Operations, Collateral Management, Legal, and Front Office to resolve issues related to the novation process. Managed project team consisting of one lawyer and two paralegals. Drafted agreement templates and trained paralegals in the drafting of form agreements related to the consolidation project. Developed system used for the tracking of downgrade triggers and related cures for use by legal and risk management.• Allen & Overy, LLP: Drafted and filed claims against Lehman on behalf of numerous institutional clients relating to the termination of ISDA Master Agreements, Global Master Repurchase Agreements, Lehman issued securities, as well as defaulted loan transactions.• McGuire Woods, LLP: Advised clients on all aspects of trading commodity derivatives and managing risks. Worked with large and small clients from numerous types of industries to review and negotiate transactional documents related to derivatives, domestic and global repurchases, give-ups, prime brokerage, custodies, netting and collateral arrangements, and structured products.

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

• Managed the Global Legal Department and Confirmations Group comprised of over 13 attorneys and staff members worldwide.• Reviewed and negotiated transactional documents (ISDA agreements, credit support annexes, NAESB, etc.) and various contracts (including vendor, confidentiality, and service agreements) with a wide variety of counterparties including hedge funds, banks, dealers, and corporates.• Led project to establish physical gas and power trading business responsible for all aspects of starting up business including legal, accounting, and systems. Negotiated standard form agreements and set up relationships with RTO’s.• Advised affiliates in foreign jurisdictions on matters involving U.S. federal and state law.

Us

• Provided ongoing legal and compliance support for all areas of the broker dealer and offshore trading entities.• Drafted and negotiated various transactional documents, including ISDA agreements, credit support annexes, domestic and emerging markets repo agreements, give-up agreements, and confidentiality agreements.• Documented numerous structured derivative transactions.• Assisted with the on-boarding of new clients including hedge funds and high net worth individuals.

London, Gb

• Supported derivatives and foreign exchange units by reviewing and negotiating ISDA agreements, credit support annexes, and foreign exchange give-up agreements. • Provided legal counsel to both fixed income and equity business units (sales, trading, repo, agency lending, and stock loan desks); reviewed and negotiated repo, tri-party, and securities lending agreements. Counterparties included large corporates, hedge funds, middle market, and high net worth individuals.• Supplied legal support to business unit handling prime brokerage transactions.• Drafted compliance procedures incorporating the rules effecting equity research, the establishment of Chinese walls and the use of material nonpublic information.

Tokyo, Jp

• Provided legal support to fixed income group (comprised of sales, trading, and repo desks), offshore broker dealer, and Customer Accounts Administration.• Negotiated and reviewed a range of agreements, from repo and securities lending agreements to hardware/software license agreements and information services agreements for sales/operations.• Conducted suitability review of municipal customers in association with pending transactions; prepared Emerging Markets repo documentation and Bermuda Investment Provider license, documentation, policies, and procedures.• Drafted agreements necessary for the establishment of Nomura’s cross border relationships and worked with compliance in drafting and implementing Rule 15a-6 compliance procedures.• Drafted policies and procedures for establishing the debt prime brokerage business.• Counsel and Corporate Secretary to the trust company affiliate. Negotiated various contracts and agreements, researched Regulation S and Rule 144A issues, drafted and assisted in the implementation of Chinese wall compliance procedures, and drafted corporate resolutions, amendments to by-laws and secretary’s certificates.

Jd, Business/Commerce, General

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology