Overview In this role you will provide legal guidance on transactional matters for DTCC's businesses and partner with cross-functional teams to execute complex contracts. You will draft and negotiate a wide range of agreements, balancing business goals with risk mitigation. You will support strategic transactions, due diligence processes, and continuous improvement of contract processes. This is a global, collaborative, and high-standard environment where you help enable growth while managing legal risk.
Responsibilities- Provide legal guidance on transactional matters including customer agreements, strategic partnerships, new product offerings, and business initiatives
- Draft, review and negotiate contracts such as data/software licenses, SaaS, development, partnership, marketing, and professional services agreements
- Advise on legal and contractual aspects of responses to client due diligence requests, RFIs and RFPs
- Collaborate with business, technology, risk, compliance, procurement, and finance to support transaction execution and risk-based decisions
- Improve standard form agreements and contract policies within the General Counsel's Office
- Support strategic transactions including M&A, divestitures, investments, JVs, and partnerships with diligence, drafting, negotiation, closing, and post-closing work
- Coordinate consistency of legal issues across DTCC with Europe and APAC teams
- Handle other legal matters or ad-hoc projects as requested by leadership
Key requirements- 7-10 years as a practicing attorney
- J.D. from an accredited law school; current U.S. bar admission
- Minimum 5 years of experience with a law firm, financial services firm, or financial services regulator
- At least 5 years of transactional experience with lead drafting and negotiation responsibilities
- Interest or experience with digital assets and emerging technologies (AI, distributed ledger) a plus
- collaboration and teamwork
- strong communication and negotiation
- critical thinking and problem-solving
- contract drafting and negotiation
- experience with data, software and technology licenses, SaaS, development, partnership, marketing, and professional services agreements
- due diligence and RFP/RFI responses
