Entrylevel Legal Assistant Jobs in Ridgewood, NJ

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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.
The Americas Legal Department is looking for a motivated entry-level to mid-level attorney to provide legal and regulatory advisory support to our Global Markets businesses conducted through MUFG's regulated entities including two CFTC registered swap dealers, an SEC registered broker dealer, and one SEC security-based swap dealer. Relevant experience and a strong understanding of SEC, CFTC, FINRA and NFA rules are essential. The ideal candidate will be familiar with entity and transaction level rules and requirements, and how those requirements are applied extra-territorially within a substituted compliance regime. The candidate should have the necessary background and experience to assist stakeholders in the identification and management of legal and regulatory risk through the prompt identification and timely response to questions and matters escalated for legal review. The candidate will be a good communicator who works well with others and can manage sometimes conflicting perspectives in the furtherance of legal risk management and optimized business flow. The candidate should also have solid technical and organizational skills and be adept with using the MS Office suite of products and electronic document management.
Major Responsibilities:

• Liaise with and advise internal stakeholders from Sales, Trading, Compliance, Operations and other Risk Management functions
• Liaise with external counsel and manage external counsel engagements to ensure efficient and cost-effective legal advice is provided to MUFG stakeholders
• Draft and edit regulatory communications as needed
• Provide general support to other members of the legal team who may require assistance with the investigation or analysis of litigation, employee and other legal or regulatory matters that concern Global Markets activities and personnel
• Participate and advise on business initiatives and regulatory change projects, including impact assessments, legal research, policy and control development and implementation
• Advise and update internal stakeholders impacted by regulatory advocacy efforts of relevant trade groups such as IIB and SIFMA
• Participate in and advise internal working groups, management committees and governance working groups and forums where legal representation is requested or required
• Participate and help support Americas Legal Department initiatives to improve operations and efficiency and vet and implement new technology solutions to improve the effectiveness of the department
• Assist with ad hoc projects

We Require:

• Knowledge of and practical experience of working in the sales, trading and investment banking businesses of a global organization and experience dealing with clients, counterparties and external legal counsel
• An ability to look at unfamiliar or new product areas and be able to identify and analyze the relevant regulatory issues
• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of commercial awareness and to make sound judgment calls in a fast-moving business environment, together with an ability to identify and manage legal, regulatory and contractual risk
• An ability to recognize problematic issues and to plan and execute strategies for addressing

Additional Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to forge good relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
• Ability to work collaboratively on group projects and independently on individual assignments
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Flexible, pragmatic and professional approach to work
• Excellent organizational skills.

Education:

• A JD degree and eligibility to practice in New York

The typical base pay range for this role is between $170K - $220K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.
MUFG Benefits Summary
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
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