Professional Support Lawyer Securities Equity Capital Markets Job in New York City, NY Near Me - 148003 | BCGSearch.com

Professional Support Lawyer Securities Equity Capital Markets

Type Full-Time

Location New York - New York City

Job ID ZOQ1148003

Experience Level Senior Associate

Job Experience Min. 6 - Max. 18 Years

Ranking 5 : Mostly Large Business $$$$$

Estimated Salary Highest Salary Band in this Market

Practice Areas Corporate - Securities and Capital Markets

2019-03-18 04:35:13

New York City office of an AmLaw firm seeks professional support lawyer securities equity capital markets with 6+ years of experience. The candidate will identify, analyse and monitor developments in the US securities legal and business environment, in order to keep both the Group and its clients up to date and identify areas to develop the Firms reputation and practice. Will provide a wide array of US securities legal and practical expertise to support the Groups practice, both through responding to fee earner queries and through the mentoring of junior attorneys. Help to create, develop and manage the Groups collection of US securities forms, precedents and research materials. Organise, design and deliver Group training both on a local and global basis. Work with Group members and the Marketing Department to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients; and provide other support as needed. Work with the Group and the existing Capital Markets (CM) Professional Support Team to identify the practice-related US securities law training needs of the Group. Organise, design and deliver (personally or with others), refine and/or standardise training both for the US qualified attorneys and US securities training for the non US qualified lawyers, including seminars, workshops and offsite training both in the local office and on a global and regional basis via video conference. Occasional involvement in other firm-wide training programmes, as required, including core training programmes and induction courses. Mentor first years and junior attorneys. Be a source of legal, market and practical US securities law expertise for all members of the Group and more widely around the Firm, including the provision of direct support for client matters where appropriate. Monitor and keep the Group and the Professional Support Group informed about important developments in US securities law and business environment. Use own knowledge and expertise to identify trends in US securities law and business environment with particular emphasis on US securities and regulatory aspects of the Debt and Equity Capital Markets and High Yield spaces, and help the Group to develop new legal products, identify possible new services, and suggest innovative ways to deliver the Firms services more efficiently to its clients. Work with the existing CM Professional Support Team to prepare current awareness newsletters on a broad array of US securities and regulation topics for the Group and the Firms clients. Work with Firm librarians to determine requirements and policies and to implement processes regarding practice-related current awareness and alerts from internal and external sources. Work with the Partners to author and publish research, client bulletins, thought leadership pieces and responses to key regulator consultations on legal developments or new areas of US securities law relevant to the Group. Participate in industry events relevant to the practice of the Group to raise the Firms profile as a thought leader and keep up-to-date with developments when feasible. Draft US securities standard forms and develop accompanying notes and assist the existing CM Professional Support team with reviewing existing forms from a US securities perspective. Ensure standard forms are updated to reflect changes in law, regulation, market standards and best practice. Work with the existing Capital Markets Professional Support team, lawyers around the Firms global network and the wider Professional Support group to internationalise forms and to develop common tools and processes to move towards consistent and efficient use of forms and other Knowledge Management (KM) resources throughout the global Group Know-How. Conduct deal debriefs on US securities transactions for precedent collection and deal/market trend analysis (including covenant comparison for sovereign and high yield deals). Create practice notes and other useful know-how in relation to an array of US securities and regulation topics including public debt and equity securities offerings, SEC registrations and filings, compliance, corporate governance and due diligence. Work with the existing CM Professional Support team to operate and implement procedures for capturing, filtering, storing, accessing and disseminating know-how within the Group. Work with the existing CM Professional Support team to develop material on the Firm intranet/KM systems and encourage fee-earners to use the Firms intranet, KM systems and other know-how sources. Work with the Group, the CM Professional Support Team and the Marketing Department to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients through writing articles and briefing notes and preparing and delivering client training. Work with the Group and Marketing Department to establish processes to capture matter descriptions and categorisations in the Matter Profiling System. Take the lead in rolling out new knowledge systems and encouraging use of existing systems among the Capital Markets Group including sharing inductions of new attorneys and summer students with other CM Professional Support Lawyers. Contribute to global Knowledge programmes and projects to support Firm collaboration, efficiency, consistency and to enhance US securities law expertise across the Firm. Answer technical US securities law-related questions on Debt Capital Markets/Equity Capital Markets/High Yield and other US regulatory topics arising from fee-earners. Attend regular meetings of the Firms Professional Support Lawyers and training meetings. Attend global conference calls of the Firms Professional Support Lawyers and Knowledge Department. Attend regular meetings of the Group and provide US securities and regulatory updates at the meeting. Attend relevant external training and conferences to keep up-to-date with relevant developments in US securities law and regulation, the business environment and professional support arena. Advising issuers, underwriters, placement agents and initial purchasers in public and private U.S. and Global offerings of securities including SEC registered offerings of equity and debt, Rule 144A offerings, Regulation S offerings and Regulation D private placements including compliance with and reporting under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act. Should have in-depth understanding of the needs of transactional securities attorneys as well as the ability to help to develop a US securities knowledge strategy for the Group and implement projects to meet the Groups US securities knowledge needs, with particular focus on US securities law aspects of Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and High Yield transactions. Must have licensure in good standing in at least one of the United States, preferable New York. Sound legal experience in a large law firm, including experience and market knowledge of US securities law and practice is essential. Previous experience as a professional support lawyer is highly desirable.

The candidate should have commercial awareness and client-orientated approach. High professional standards with commitment to quality product are essential. Excellent drafting and research skills are needed. Should have well-developed organizational and communication skills. Understanding of learning process and different ways of training is needed. Must have personality to make impact in the Group and to shape and influence policy. Effective interpersonal skills and ability to interact with people at all levels, including other support areas are essential. Pragmatic, self-motivated, flexible and good team-worker is needed. Should be lateral thinker with initiative to establish, implement and complete projects. Must be comfortable with IT matters.

A highly respected New York firm that has grown into an international juggernaut, this AmLaw firm boasts 44 offices spread across 30 countries. The firm is renowned for its strengths in the areas of global M&A, finance, antitrust, arbitration, financial restructuring, cross-border transactions, and insolvency. But despite the firm?s top-drawer status, there?s little stodginess here ? the firm was ranked first in diversity by American Lawyer in 2017 and 2018 and, by Law360, as the top law firm for people of color. While the firm?s attorneys are expected to work hard, it is sure to be top quality, complex work that will help you take your career to the next level.

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