[Hiring] Trading Agreement Negotiator - Associate @Morgan Stanley

Role Description

The Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division (IED) Documentation team is currently looking for a trading agreement negotiator, responsible for handling all relationship level trading agreements, including, but not limited to:

• Equity derivatives
• Prime brokerage
• Securities lending
• Confidentiality agreements
• Futures agreements
• Listed options agreements
• OTC clearing agreements
• ISDA Master Agreement and CSA
• Equity Master Confirmation Agreements

The team consists of 8 attorneys and sits within IED’s global Risk Management team. As the group sits within risk management, it is tasked with analyzing and making risk-based decisions on client negotiation requests. The team is responsible for negotiating, drafting and executing all necessary agreements with clients and their counsel in advance of trading.

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years’ experience negotiating trading agreements at broker/dealer, buy-side firm and/or law firm
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to meet timing deadlines on multiple projects
• Contract drafting experience
• Ability and initiative to proactively communicate with senior business unit members
• Comfortable working in open trading floor environment
• J.D. required

Requirements

• Negotiate full suite of trading agreements including, but not limited to:
• ISDA Master Agreements and Credit Support Annexes
• Stock loan
• Prime brokerage agreements
• Listed derivative trading agreements
• OTC clearing agreements
• Tri-party control agreements
• Master confirm agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Electronic trading agreements
• Other trading-related agreements
• Liaise with IED Sales and Trading desks, as well as members of Firm’s Legal, Risk, Credit and Onboarding teams
• Client base includes hedge funds, mutual funds, pensions, insurance companies, banks, corporates and money managers
• Act as primary point of contact with clients and their counsel for all negotiations
• Interact with clients in connection with new industry rules and regulations

Benefits

• Opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest
• Supported and empowered work environment
• Comprehensive employee benefits and perks
• Ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit