Associate General Counsel, IEX
$175-200k
+Equity and Bonus
Equity trading exchange
Open for applications
Equity trading exchange
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$175-200k
+Equity and Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To innovate with a purpose: to drive trading performance for market participants.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience as a practicing attorney in large law firm, ideally with some experience working in an in-house legal department
- Experience and subject matter expertise related to corporate law matters, litigation matters and overall legal matters relevant to IEX’s business
- Proven ability to successfully manage multiple complex projects with competing deadlines
- Law degree (JD) from accredited law school
- NY Bar membership required
- Excellent agreement drafting and negotiating skills
- Strategic thinker with a real passion for learning new technologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to think strategically as well as execute tactically - not afraid to get into the weeds
- Firm dedication to the core values of IEX - belief in fairness and transparency in the financial markets
What the job involves
- Join a team that touches all parts of IEX's innovative and growing business!
- IEX is looking for an Associate General Counsel to join our legal team
- In this role, you will be reporting directly to our Deputy General Counsel and will act as a key resource and primary point of contact for our business teams
- You should have experience negotiating and drafting complex agreements, providing strategic business focused advice directly to business teams, supporting corporate transactions and corporate governance matters, and exercising strong judgment with a high level of integrity
- Ideally you have worked in a regulated environment and are familiar with equities and options markets
- Act as a key resource and primary point of contact for IEX business teams in need of legal assistance
- Prepare, review and draft various agreements, including customer agreements, vendor agreements and non-disclosure agreements
- Handle legal work for complex agreements and other strategic transactions
- Prepare corporate governance documents including preparing resolutions and internal policies
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of regulatory and corporate filings
- Conduct timely reviews of contract and others legal documents, advise business teams of appropriate legal processes
- Work with internal and external resources to protect IEX’s intellectual property
- Participate in special projects to implement industry initiatives impacting trading and other IEX business
- Liaise with FINRA and the SEC and other regulators on exchange, broker-dealer and other regulatory matters
- Handle employment matters, updating of relevant policies and procedures
- Research relevant legal and regulatory changes within equity market structure
- Support legal projects appropriately in a confidential and sensitive manner
Our take
Innovations in fintech infrastructure have dramatically changed how people invest, but despite such developments, investors still face limitations when trading assets. Exchanges often list out-of-date pricing information which limits investors' abilities to make strategic investment decisions, a problem that is heightened through knock-on effects from other unstable stock prices.
IEX provides a registered US stock exchange for investors and broker-dealers, focussing on providing a more stable trade execution experience than existing exchanges. The company achieves this through its "Speed Bump" strategy that delays trades to gather up-to-date pricing information whilst assessing them for price stability, ensuring that trades are not executed based on stale data, and helping to notify other orders to react to other stock price stability levels.
Whilst the company must share the stock exchange sector with many competitors, IEX show great promise through its focus on maintaining pricing accuracy and stability. The company also stands out by providing a cloud platform for the selling, sharing, and use of financial data, in addition to an investment lifecycle advice tool for institutional investors.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2014
$75m
SERIES C
Mar 2013
$24.4m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100.9m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits premiums covered 100% for employees, spouses, and dependents
- Annual membership to One Medical primary care services
- Matched 401(k)
- Equity and bonus opportunities
- $5000 annual learning stipend
- $1000 annual match for donations to 5013(c) organizations of your choice
- In-office gym fully equipped with weights, treadmills, a Peloton bike, and locker rooms with showers
- Lunch and Learns
- Hybrid working
- Unlimited PTO
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers at the birth, adoption, or placement of a child
Company values
- Think Big, Do Good - We measure success by impact on the industries we serve and the communities we touch
- Be Gritty - Resilience and perserverance are in our DNA. We meet challenges head-on
- Win Together - We celebrate our wins as one, learn from our mistakes together, and move together as a team
- Invent & Reinvent - A growth mindset is foundational to who we are. IEX is a place for creativity and continual learning
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
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Leadership
Bradley Katsuyama
(CEO)Founding Board Member of The Public Health Company. Spent 11 years at RBC Capital Markets, ultimately as Managing Director of US Cash Equity Trading.
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