Description:

Join our D. E. Shaw group in New York The D. E. Shaw group seeks talented team members to join its Legal & Compliance group. This individual will become part of a small, highly skilled team responsible for reviewing and negotiating a wide range of trading agreements within a collegial and collaborative environment that values rigorous analysis, creative problem solving, and exacting attention to detail.

What you'll do day-to-day

Review and negotiate master trading agreements, including ISDA master agreements, prime brokerage, futures and options clearing, repurchase, and custody agreements, as well as trade-specific agreements and confirmations with international banks, broker-dealers, and their external counsel in support of the firm's trading strategies.
Handle ISDA and related derivatives documentation, including master agreements, margin segregation agreements, master confirmations, and bespoke long-form confirmations in addition to other transaction-specific documentation with a particular focus on equity and commodity swaps.
Support traders and treasury personnel by reviewing, marking up, and negotiating necessary legal agreements for funds to transact with various dealers in securities, including equity, options, futures, bonds, loans, and convertible bonds.
Summarize and track material terms in various internal databases.
Participate in calls and meetings with the trading and treasury teams to guide clients in understanding the legal agreement associated therewith.
Gather information regarding the commercial expectations of clients to ensure expectations are met in the legal document that governs future trading.
Provide legal advice with respect to the firm.
Maintain awareness of industry initiatives and new products that affect the firm, such as Treasury clearing, updates to ISDA definitional booklets, and regulations that impact uncleared derivatives.

Who We're Looking for:

A master's degree in law, or a related field of study is required.
Two years of experience is required negotiating ISDA published documents (including Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, IM CSA, and confirmation agreements for equity, credit, FX, and interest rate swaps); negotiating master repurchase and global master repurchase agreements; negotiating execution-based trading agreements (including Cleared Derivatives Execution Agreement, futures and options give-up agreements, swap execution facility agreements, and SIA 151 agreements); and negotiating custody, prime brokerage, futures and options clearing agreements, ISDA Master agreements, master and global master repurchase agreements, confirmation agreements, and execution based trading agreements and identifying and tracking key legal terms in such agreements.
The annual base salary for this position is $200,000 - $215,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.
Please email your resume and cover letter to recruitment-nyc@world.deshaw.com. Please reference 2026-5966 CWA in the subject or body of your email.