Job Description
Job Title: Corporate Counsel
Location: Washington, D.C.; Hybrid
Status: Full-time; Exempt
Reports to: Chief Operations Officer
Direct Reports: N/A
Typical Work Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday
Since 1999, Monex USA has provided corporate clients with the best foreign exchange (FX) and international payment solutions in the industry. Monex USA guides thousands of clients, from a broad spectrum of industry sectors, through the intricacies of the currency markets. Our unique market insight is widely recognized in main-line business media such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, and CNBC. The
Corporate Counsel provides legal guidance to Monex USA. Their primary duties include structuring solutions for disputes, providing support in legal issues and reviewing legal materials and contracts. This position reports to the Chief Operations Officer.
Responsibilities - Manage Legal team.
- Assist executives in implementing the company’s visions, plans and strategies as a whole.
- Maintain the company’s legal files, ensuring that the working practices are in accordance with its policies and regulations.
- Ensure that a full clear audit trail is available and accessible for management information.
- Exercise sound, accurate, and objective judgment at all times, acting with integrity and in the best interests of the company.
- Review, negotiate, draft and advise on the terms and conditions of a diverse range of contracts and agreements to ensure that they do not expose the business or subsidiaries to unreasonable risk, comply with current legislation, are appropriate for the business status, and follow the business policies, procedures and the applicable country’s regulations.
- Meet with employees at all levels across the businesses and clients to gather information and explain legal risk in a clear and succinct manner, in terms that can be understood by non-legal colleagues at any level within the business or its subsidiaries to ensure that contracts and agreements are understood, and risks are mitigated.
- Maintain legal files to ensure a full clear audit trail is available and ensuring accessibility for management information.
- Undertake their own research to keep up to date with all relevant international legal and compliance developments affecting the business and its subsidiaries.
- Meet strict deadlines.
- Provide training and guidance to staff on legal compliance and best practices related to international operations.
- Prepare legal summaries and reports for management and the Board of Directors.
Requirements - Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
- Documentation on having passed the bar in a US state.
- 5+ years of experience in international law, with a focus on foreign exchange, trade, or financial services.
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks governing international trade and foreign exchange transactions.
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
- Practical international legal experience.
- Sound knowledge of international and contract law.
- Knowledge of current Data Protection law.
- Ability to work independently and also but as part of a team.
- Excellent negotiating and drafting skills.
- Ability to communicate (clearly and succinctly) legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues at all levels across the business with varying levels of experience can understand.
- Ability to break down and understand complex issues using a logical and methodical approach.
- Ability to ‘think outside the box’ to deliver innovative, pragmatic solutions to legal and commercial problems.
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience of effective business communications.
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel and Outlook.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience working in a multinational corporate environment.
- Experience with ISDA agreements.
- Knowledge of compliance and risk management frameworks in the financial services industry.
- Fluency in Spanish.
Travel Requirements: - Occasional travel may be necessary for client meetings, conferences, and legal consultations.
Compensation: - The annual salary range is $150,000to $180,000depending on experience, with a 10% annual discretionary bonus.
Benefits - Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Short Term Disability
- AD&D insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- 401K & Roth
- 16 days of PTO
- Pet Insurance
Job Tags
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