Equity Derivatives - Mid-level Legal Structurer

About Us:
Huatai International Financial Holdings Company Limited (“Huatai International” or “the Company”), is the only overseas wholly-owned or controlled subsidiary of Huatai Securities. Huatai International is the Huatai Group’s international arm which plays as a crucial role in the group's internationalization strategy by:
a) not only providing offshore capital market services (and a global business platform) but also provides onshore clients with valuable cross-border capital market services (aligned with the mainland China government’s policies and commercial intentions);
b) actively making use of Huatai Securities’ leading position, distribution network and customer base in mainland China;
c) integrating on a global basis across many jurisdictions and regions, a successful and fully integrated international financial platform with innovative financial services solutions.

Huatai International operates as a holding company for consolidating all of the group’s cross-border businesses and companies under one umbrella, offering a truly unified and international business platform. In recognition of such international strength, the renowned international rating agency Standard and Poor’s has assigned Huatai International a “BBB+” rating (for long term) and “A-2” (for short-term).

Job Description:

• Responsible for overseas and cross-border derivatives product or transaction related documents from legal and compliance perspective, including equities, commodities, bonds or other underliers;
• Cooperate with structuring, trading and sales teams to complete the negotiation, communication and document drafting of ISDA/CSA/GMSLA/PB/MCA/TS/Structured Notes and other derivatives transaction related agreements and confirmations
• Participate in the development of new derivatives products and new derivatives structures of onshore or overseas underlier according to regulatory trends and business needs, reflect relevant structuring terms in derivatives product and project documents, and design relevant provisions to reduce compliance, legal, and reputational risks;
• Participate in the design of cross-border structured derivative products, provide cross-border customers with hedging risk solutions, and design relevant agreement terms to reduce business risks;
• Communicate with internal and external legal & compliance, risk management and operations departments, draft and revise transaction documents, account opening and transaction procedures and project risk assessment;
• Draft, review and revise various legal agreements, risk disclosure statements and disclaimers in order to meet the ad hoc or specific needs of the business and customers;
• Regularly review and update relevant legal document templates, and provide relevant training to business departments in a timely manner; and
• Coordinate with and manage the external counsels, supervise their delivery and deal with the fees quotes and payment procedure

Qualifications:

• Master's degree or above in law-related majors from well-known law schools, preferably with relevant legal qualification (onshore or offshore);
• 5 – 7 years of working experience in legal filed, preferably with relevant experience in derivatives or financial industry;
• Familiar with legal knowledge and documents related to derivatives trading, and capable of legal drafting and negotiation for derivatives transactions independently;
• Take ownership, quick learner, strong logical thinking, good communication skills and strong team spirit;
• Good spoken and written Chinese and English.