Legal Contracts Negotiator - Equity Derivatives

Job Description

Join Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations (FFIO) as a Contract Negotiator and play a critical role in supporting global derivatives trading for one of the world’s leading asset managers. This is an opportunity to work on complex, high-impact agreements and collaborate with top legal and business professionals across the industry. Proficiency in equity derivatives documentation is critical to supporting a rapidly growing and strategically important area within Fidelity’s Asset Management business. Key responsibilities include:

• Negotiate a wide range of trading agreements, including ISDA Master Agreements, Master Confirmation Agreements (MCAs), bespoke equity confirmations, Futures & OTC Clearing agreements, Cleared Derivative Execution Agreements (CDEAs), MSFTAs, Collateral Control Agreements (CCAs), and Prime Brokerage Agreements.
• Familiarity with 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definition
• Ensure documentation meets global regulatory standards (Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MiFID II, etc.).
• Partner with internal legal, compliance, and AML teams, as well as external counterparties.
• Identify and escalate legal, credit, and operational risks.
• Maintain and enhance documentation templates and playbooks.
• Support fund launches, restructurings, and strategic initiatives by ensuring timely documentation. This includes coordinating with internal stakeholders to assess documentation impacts, manage bespoke requirements, and facilitate readiness for new fund launches, restructurings, and strategic initiatives involving equity derivatives and other sophisticated instruments
• Drive process and technology improvements to strengthen legal support.
• Identify and escalate legal, credit, and operational risks
  
  

The Expertise And Skills You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required, paralegal/JD beneficial
• Extensive experience negotiating equity derivatives documentation and related agreements.
• Strong understanding of equity derivatives products, legal concepts, and global market regulations.
• Ability to negotiate complex terms, including fallback language, collateral terms, netting provisions, and termination events.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume negotiations and customized documentation structures.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to thrive autonomously in a fast-paced environment while handling a high volume of work and maintaining attention to detail.
• Experience implementing process improvements and leveraging technology solutions.
• Knowledge of regulatory impacts (Dodd-Frank, EMIR, FATCA, MiFID II, FINRA) on derivatives and trading markets.
• Facilitate legal and regulatory readiness required for fund and client events for international markets and sophisticated products.
• Act as a liaison with banking relationships on behalf of Fidelity for documentation and regulatory adherence to ensure operational readiness.
• Ability to build strong relationships externally with industry partners and internally across legal, various product groups, investment services, trading operations, and other operational groups across Asset Management and FFIO
• Experience negotiating terms with counterparties, including fallback language, collateral terms, netting provisions, and termination events
  
  

The Team

The Global Product Documentation Negotiator will join a team within the Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations division to assist in completing agreements for intricate products. There is focus on growing a more robust legal support function for complex product documentation (including ISDA, Futures & OTC Clearing, futures give up agreements, Cleared Derivative Execution Agreements (CDEA), MSFTA, & Collateral Control Agreements (CCA).

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The base salary range for this position is $85,000-171,000 USD per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

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