VP - Investment Banking Legal

Join us as VP - Investment Banking Legal. In this role, you will be part of the Banking Legal team in the Americas, providing legal support to businesses involved in equity and debt capital markets origination, syndication, and mergers and acquisitions advisory services. This will include advising Barclays transaction and commitment committees and working with senior business personnel across the coverage sectors and vertical products in the Capital Markets & Banking business within the CIBD. You will have primary coverage responsibility across all industry sectors (i.e., Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Consumer, Power & Utilities, Sustainable and Impact Banking, etc) and vertical products (i.e., Equity and Debt Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Capital Markets, etc). You'll also be responsible for the structuring, negotiation and documentation of a variety of matters, such as underwriting/purchase agreements, engagement letters, fairness opinions, and confidentiality agreements. Further, you will advise the relevant businesses on laws, rules and regulations and legal issues arising within the relevant coverage area (particularly, SEC rules and regulations, FINRA broker dealer rules, state M&A law and conflicts of interest developments). You will assist the businesses in managing legal and reputational risks of the firm’s transactions and activities in the relevant coverage area, including supporting the firm’s Transaction Review Committee and working alongside and advising its Business Selection and Compliance departments. This is an exciting chance to take the next step in your career and join a group that is skilled and extremely team-oriented.

To be successful as VP - Investment Banking Legal, you should have:

• JD, New York Bar Admission

• Familiarity with SEC rules and regulations, FINRA broker dealer rules, state M&A law

• Experience with Transactional Law

• Knowledge of Capital Markets Transactions

• Contract Negotiation Experience

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience working on a high volume and wide variety of transactions

• Team-oriented mindset

• International stakeholder management

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

This role is located in New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $288,750

Maximum Salary: $307,688

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

Purpose of the role

To ensure that activities of the investment banking division are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with these activities. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage risk related to non-adherence to laws, rules and regulations.   .
• Legal advice and support to the bank's investment banking division on legal matters including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, lending and other corporate finance transactions.
• Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to investment banking activities, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Creation and/or review of legal documents for the investment banking division to ensure the bank’s adherence with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Maintaining and updating form legal documentation for the investment banking division.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws, rules and regulations that may impact the bank's investment banking activities.
• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the investment banking activities.
• Act as legal advisor to the Investment banking transaction approval committees on laws, rules and regulations.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

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.