Derivatives Associate Jobs (NOW HIRING)

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Latham & Watkins is one of the world's leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is where you belong.
About the Practice Group
Latham's strategic equity transactions team is a market leader in an exciting and dynamic space. We handle cutting edge equity derivatives, equity-linked financings, and convertible note offerings with extremely sophisticated clients ranging from bulge-bracket investment banks, through corporates and buy-side funds, through to ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
The work is challenging, ever-changing and extremely high-stakes. You will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of matters including financing, hedging and monetization transactions (e.g. variable prepaid forwards, funded collars, covered calls and both pre- and post-IPO margin loans), capital raising transactions (e.g. convertible debt, convertible preferred equity and issuer forwards), structured repurchase transactions (e.g. accelerated share repurchasers and capped calls), and structured acquisition transactions (e.g. long TRSs).
We are securities lawyers at heart, with deep product expertise and significant knowledge of tax, secured transactions, bankruptcy. This is a perfect role for an associate who wants both the adrenaline rush of deal work and the intellectual challenge of deep legal analysis and structuring. Working with us will make you a versatile and well-rounded transactional lawyer.
In addition to our New York team, we have partners in London, Hong Kong, and Europe, allowing us to provide global coverage and unrivaled cross-border capabilities.
The group sits within Latham's market leading capital markets practice, which helps clients raise billions of dollars each year through all forms of securities products. As global leaders with a preeminent reputation, we serve issuers, private equity investors, and investment banks in all major global financial centers, and are consistently ranked at the top of the league tables for both the volume and value of our work.
About the Role
The Corporate Department is seeking a highly qualified associate to join the strategic equities transactions group, as a 3rd through 6th year associate. We are open to a broad variety of transaction backgrounds. Derivatives experience is not required, but a background in one or more of the following transactional practices would be very useful: capital markets (US securities laws/regulations), ISDA based derivatives documentation, secured transactions, and/or bankruptcy/restructuring.
Main Contact Details
If you have any questions about the application, please contact:
Lateral Recruiting - Corporate
LateralRecruiting.Corporate@LW.com
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Pay Range
Associate Base Salary
Discretionary bonuses may be available depending on application circumstances and position.
Class ofUS Payroll2026$225,0002025$225,0002024$235,0002023$260,0002022$310,0002021$365,0002020$390,0002019
$420,000
2018$435,000