Job Title:  Legal Counsel - Risk Solutions Business - Vice President

Company overview

Nomura is an Asia-based financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Department Overview

The relevant individual will sit in the Markets Documentation and Advisory Legal team and will primarily support the Risk Solutions business on hedging and derivatives products.

The Markets Documentation and Advisory Legal team includes the Masters Documentation team, Structured Confirmation team and Regulatory Legal team, and sits in the wider Transaction Legal team which works across Global Markets and Investment Banking products. The relevant individual will also have the opportunity to work with the Global Markets legal team on derivative products, which also sits in the wider Transaction Legal team.

Role Overview

• Key lawyer working closely with the Risk Solutions Business with respect to the structuring, negotiation, documentation and execution of finance linked hedging, FX and interest rate deal contingent hedging arrangements and ancillary hedging arrangements and documentation such as equity commitment letters and novations.
• Advise on other derivative products on an ad hoc basis, including repos and TRS.
• Advise and assist in the creation, structuring, regulatory analysis and launch of new products and businesses relating to the Risk Solutions business and wider derivatives businesses.
• Interpret, educate and assist with the implementation of regulatory changes that impact the Risk Solutions businesses.
• Advise the business and manage legal risk in respect of terminations and defaults.
• Advise the Business, Risk, Compliance and others internally regarding legal and regulatory issues, developments and risks relating to the Risk Solutions business.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Strong experience with finance linked secured hedging and FX and interest rate deal contingent transactions.
• Familiarity with reviewing and analysing hedging rights and obligations in loan agreements and intercreditor agreements in leveraged finance and infrastructure financing structures;
• Familiarity with ISDA Master Agreements, long form confirmations and a preference for familiarity with other industry documentation (LMA, GMRA).
• Familiarity with other derivative products such as repos and TRS structures.
• Familiarity with the issues around security, insolvency, netting and opinions.
• Knowledge of termination and close-out provisions and issues around security enforcement and close-outs would be helpful.
• Strong communication and organisational, analytical, problem solving and time management skills.
• Ability to proactively manage stakeholders,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills -- ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff and management.
• Ability to balance priorities, work independently and respond proactively to business needs.
• Strong team player.

Nomura competencies

Trusted Partner

• Understand clients’ needs and issues, and provide solutions utilizing Nomura Group company’s resources, earn the clients’ trust
• Acquire a wide range of knowledge as an employee of Nomura, instead of focusing only on one’s own area of expertise; play a part in improving the company’s services level and corporate value

Entrepreneurial leadership

• Take on new challenges for improvement and cultivate a corporate culture of challenge by driving change in business operations
• Teamwork Collaboration
• Ensure views are not biased, accept different opinions and perspectives, and collaborate with other members to create common values

Influence

• Provide appropriate guidance to others and act in a manner that places emphasis on the performance and growth of the organization

Integrity

• Improve further the understanding and awareness of corporate philosophy, professional ethics, compliance risk management, and code of conduct, and make decisions and take actions from a management position

Diversity Statement:

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation. If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Right to Work

The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers from outside the EEA coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the EEA (who require a Tier 2 (General) visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that there are no other suitable candidates for this vacancy from inside the EEA.

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Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer