Senior Corporate Counsel
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Legal team in New York as a Corporate Counsel, where you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting EquiLend’s dynamic and evolving global operations. Our Legal function is a trusted partner to the business, ensuring the organization operates with integrity, efficiency, and a forward-thinking legal strategy.
Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, this is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative legal team to work on a broad range of complex and sensitive legal and business issues to give real-time analysis and practical advice. You may at times be under significant time pressure and must be able to manage multiple priorities across many parts of the organization, such as Sales, Product, Finance, and other internal stakeholders.
Role Responsibilities
- Primary role will be to be dedicated legal counsel on complex financial SaaS/data technology-related sales contract drafting and negotiations.
- Be a strategic partner to the Sales organization to support all aspects of the sales effort
- Support emerging technologies and associated legal considerations, including Gen AI and data innovations.
- Train and collaborate with Legal Specialist team and RevOps legal support team on sales operational improvements and lead knowledge management practices regarding our sales contract templates and standards.
- Act as a global partner within a global Legal and Compliance team to the wider global Sales, Product, Finance and other internal groups, aligning with colleagues in UK/US and Asia to deliver consistent, high-quality legal support.
Required Skills
- 3+ years of relevant experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, strong preference for experience in software/SaaS/data/technology subscription agreements. Experience in fintech or financial services a plus, not a must.
- Qualified attorney with active license to practice law in Ireland.
- Demonstrates strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, with a clear ability to translate business needs into practical legal solutions.
- Shows good knowledge of intellectual property, contract law, and preferably, information security and data privacy.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to partner effectively with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Comfortable working autonomously but collaboratively, making decisions in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Displays sound judgment, integrity, and a proactive approach to problem solving.
Role Location Benefits
- Hybrid Working: Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely for up to 100 days each year.
- Generous Vacation Days: Vacation days increase as you progress in your career with EquiLend.
- Discretionary Annual Cash Bonus: A discretionary annual cash bonus to reward your performance and contributions to the company’s success.
- Health and Dental Insurance: Comprehensive health and dental insurance coverage is available from your first day.
- 401(k) Employer Matching Contribution Plan: Our 401(k) plan includes employer matching contribution available from day one.
About EquiLend
EquiLend is a global financial technology firm at the center of the securities finance industry. Since 2001, we have built the infrastructure that financial institutions rely on to trade, manage, and report. This includes products such as our NGT trading platform, Post Trade Suite, DataLend market intelligence, RegTech solutions, and EquiLend Clearing Services.
We operate across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, working with banks, broker dealers, asset managers, and custodians to bring greater efficiency, transparency, and automation to the securities finance lifecycle. Our teams combine deep market expertise with a focus on building technology that works at scale, under real-world conditions, for some of the world's most demanding financial institutions.
EquiLend is Great Place to Work Certified™ in the U.S., UK, Ireland, and India, and has been recognized as Global Data Provider of the Year and Regulatory Solution of the Year at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards 2025.
Diversity & Inclusion
We know that the best solutions come from teams that bring different perspectives, backgrounds, and ways of thinking to the table. At EquiLend, we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong and aim to reflect this in how we hire, develop, and support our people.
We are actively working to ensure our teams are as diverse as the global markets and clients we serve. That means creating an environment where different viewpoints are sought out and where people can do their best work regardless of background.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to make it happen.
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- Do you have 3 or more years legal experience in an in-house legal department, preferably in SaaS, fintech or Financial Services industry, working directly with commercial teams in a sales environment?
- Are you currently licensed to practice law in New York or eligible for in-house counsel registration?
- We have a hybrid work policy of 100 remote days per annum. Are you able to work in our New York office each week?
- Are you legally authorized or have a valid work permit, to be employed in the country for which you are applying?
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