Coverage Attorney

As a Barclays Securitized Products ABS Attorney Director, you will be part of the Securitized Products Legal team in the Americas, providing legal support to businesses involved in the financing, structuring, syndication, issuance, trading and distribution of non-mortgage-related Securitized Products (capital markets, ABCP conduit lending, repo financing and whole loan and securities trading). While coverage is expected to include esoteric ABS asset classes, you may have coverage responsibility for other asset classes.  You will be responsible for participating in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of a variety of transactions, with active involvement on offering materials, underwriting/purchase agreements, engagement and commitment letters, legal opinions and confidentiality agreements, among other documents. In this opportunity, you will advise the Barclays transaction committees in the Americas and work with business personnel across Securitized Products within the Investment Bank. You will also be responsible for advising the relevant businesses on regulatory developments and legal issues that arise relating to securitization/structured finance (e.g., risk retention, Regulation AB, due diligence requirements, representation and warranty reporting, rating agency regulation, Volcker, etc.). You will also assist the businesses in managing legal and reputational risks of the firm’s transactions and activities in the relevant coverage area, including supporting the firms Transaction Review Committee and working with the Compliance department.

To be successful as a Securitized Products Attorney, you should have:

• US securities laws and broker-dealer regulation expertise
• Legal and regulatory risk management skills
• 5 + years’ experience in relevant Securitization coverage areas

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Thinking creatively and identifying innovative solutions
• The ability to clearly articulate multi-layered concepts and ideas
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as those relating to risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in New York.

Minimum Salary: $270,000

Maximum Salary: $320,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To ensure that the activities of the business units in the Markets division are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal risk associated with these activities. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Legal advice and support to the business units in the Markets division on matters arising from the relevant products/services provided by the Markets division  .
• Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to the Markets business units such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Creation and review of legal documents for the business units in the Markets division to ensure the bank’s compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Maintaining and updating template legal documentation for the Markets division.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in applicable laws, rules and regulations that may impact the activities of the bank's Markets business units   .
• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the activities of the Markets business units   .
• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Director Expectations

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.