Paralegal (1-Year Maternity Leave Cover)

About Caxton Associates:

Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in London, New York, Monaco, Singapore and Dubai. Caxton Associates’ primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through global macro hedge fund strategies.  Assets are managed via a broad mandate to trade in a variety of global markets and instruments.

About the role:

We are currently looking to hire an experienced Paralegal in our London office to work within the global Legal & Compliance team.  The successful candidate is expected to work closely with internal business units and external service providers and advisers. This is an exciting role supporting the General Counsel primarily and the wider Legal and Compliance team.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting on issues related to fund establishment, structuring, launch, marketing and distribution of funds.
• Dealing with ad hoc queries from the fund boards of directors.
• Drafting and negotiating various trading agreements including brokerage, ISDAs, GMRAs.
• Dealing with KYC enquiries from counterparties.
• Assisting on negotiation and administration of research and data agreements.
• Dealing with enquiries from the investor relations team.
• Advising on basic and general commercial contracts and other vendor agreements.
• Liaising with external advisers and external counsel as appropriate.
• Company secretarial matters and periodic filings.

• Good academics from a reputable university/ law school.
• Ideally 3-4 years of experience gained within a law firm or financial services firm ideally working in a busy legal & compliance department.
• Experience with trading documentation and possession of a transactional understanding, ideally gained in an established law firm or fund management business.
• Familiarity with current European, UK and US regulatory regimes that drives the provisions of the terms of business including MiFID II, FCA Conduct of Business and GDPR and further compliance issues such as EMIR, Short selling and other US regulatory.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced highly dynamic environment and demonstrating commercial awareness.
• Strong organisational skills.
• A strong self-starter willing to work cohesively in a team-oriented environment and capable of working independently.
• Displays and operates at the highest degree of ethics and integrity.