Principal, Assistant General Counsel - Transactions
Major, Lindsey & Africa
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Posted: 08-Dec-22
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Full Time
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Company: Based in Chicago, the Options Clearing Corporation is a United States clearing house. Founded in 1973, it is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and financial integrity in the marketplaces that it serves by focusing on sound risk management principles. By acting as guarantor, OCC ensures that the obligations of the contracts it clears are fulfilled. As a registered derivative clearing organization under CFTC jurisdiction, OCC offers clearing and settlement services for transactions in futures and options on futures. OCC also provides central counterparty clearing and settlement services for securities lending transactions. In addition, OCC has been designated as a "systemically important" financial market utility under Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Position: The Principal, Assistant General Counsel, will provide legal counsel to internal business clients on both routine and complex matters regarding legal risk and specifically collaborating with internal clients to structure transactions, drafting language and agreements to address new offerings and strategic relationships, and negotiate transactions that meet OCC’s business objectives. The position will also support certain functional and inter-departmental legal matters, as assigned by Associate General Counsel.
Location: Based in Chicago, Illinois. Relocation support is possible as this is a national search.
Experience: A J.D. and at least 3+ years of transaction-based legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department with a focus on technology transactions. Prior experience with Software as a Service (SaaS), managed services and software license delivery models. Competency in structuring technology relationships and agreements with attention to detail and strong drafting skills.
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