Director, Legal Counsel - Municipal Securities

About Our Client

Global investment bank with growing legal team.

• Provide transactional and regulatory advice to the municipal securities business, both origination and secondary trading
• Serve as point person for broker-dealer and securities laws related to municipal securities (Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, MSRB rules, and related rules and regulations, including FINRA rules)
• Provide regulatory advice on a wide range of issues including market access, trade reporting, consolidated audit trail, data and information management and retention, automated electronic trading, advertising and marketing
• Draft and negotiate trading and related contracts pertaining to trading platforms, electronic trading, market data and , software licensing and direct market access
• Work closely with Trading Business Management and Compliance to implement and develop internal procedures and controls
• Work with litigation and regulatory investigations teams to address regulatory inquiries and document requests in a timely manner

MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

• JD from an accredited law school
• Admission to the New York State Bar
• 6+ years of experience handling a wide range of legal and regulatory matters pertaining to municipal securities, ideally gained in-house at an investment bank
• Expertise in municipal securities and broker-dealer regulations, including: Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, MSRB rules, and related rules and regulations, including FINRA rules
• Excellent research and writing skills
• Experience advising internal stakeholders on a wide range of financial products

• Competitive base salary
• Cash bonus
• Equity
• Growth opportunities