UK remote
Derivatives Legal Talent
About this role
We are currently seeking Derivatives Legal Talent to support Axiom clients on a range of derivatives, trading documentation, structured products, and financial markets matters, with a particular focus on ISDA documentation, OTC derivatives, regulatory requirements, and counterparty negotiation. Responsibilities: Provide practical, commercially focused legal and documentation support on derivatives and financial markets matters, including OTC derivatives, structured products, trading arrangements, hedging transactions, and collateralised trading relationships.
Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on ISDA documentation, including ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, Credit Support Annexes, Credit Support Deeds, confirmations, netting arrangements, collateral terms, and related trading documentation. Support negotiations with banks, asset managers, hedge funds, corporates, financial institutions, counterparties, and internal stakeholders on derivatives documentation, risk allocation, close-out netting, collateral, margin, and regulatory provisions.
Partner with legal, trading, credit, risk, compliance, operations, treasury, front office, external counsel, and negotiation teams to support transaction execution, documentation remediation, regulatory change, and risk mitigation. Minimum Qualifications: Qualified lawyer, derivatives documentation specialist, or experienced ISDA negotiator with strong derivatives, financial markets, trading documentation, or structured products experience.
Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, or advising on ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, CSAs, CSDs, confirmations, collateral documentation, netting provisions, or related derivatives documentation. Experience supporting banks, asset managers, hedge funds, corporates, financial institutions, trading desks, treasury teams, or other market participants on OTC derivatives or financial markets documentation. Strong negotiation, drafting, stakeholder management, commercial judgment, and analytical skills, with the ability to deliver pragmatic, business-focused support in fast-paced financial markets environments.