ISDA Negotiator

By joining the Epiq Counsel Waitlist Roster of elite legal talent, you will be considered for future in-house engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences. Leverage our network to bridge the gap between your skills and organizations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of Epiq legal professionals!

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control. Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each professionals practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

Initially a 12 month secondment with a view to extend on a rolling basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, Credit Support Annexes and related derivatives documentation.
• Liaise directly with clients and their legal advisers to progress negotiations and resolve documentation queries.
• Partner with Global Markets sales, trading, legal, credit, risk and onboarding teams to align documentation with business requirements.
• Identify and escalate non-standard terms, legal risks and commercial issues for appropriate approval.
• Manage multiple negotiations, maintain accurate status updates and support timely execution of agreements.
• Support amendments and ongoing documentation requirements for existing client relationships.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of relevant experience negotiating ISDA and related trading documentation within a financial institution, law firm or legal services provider.
• Familiarity with ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules and Credit Support Annexes.
• Understanding of derivatives products and the Global Markets environment.
• Strong client-facing communication and negotiation skills, with a practical, commercially minded approach.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively across functions.
• A law degree or relevant professional qualification is preferred.
• Spoken Cantonese or Mandarin fluency is required