LGL-Legal Counsel

Nomura Overview:   Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com .     Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.   Divisional Overview:   Powai Legal & Compliance (“ L&C ”) broadly covers the areas of Legal & Compliance and is responsible for building a robust risk and control framework. The Powai L&C teams support Nomura Powai entities, as well as L&C teams globally to ensure effective risk management of Legal & Compliance related risks for the firm . Powai Legal comprises of the Corporate Legal and Transaction Legal functions, which provide advice and support on corporate, employment and transactional matters. The Offshore Legal team supports global teams on corporate and secretarial matters, Global Markets, and Masters documentation related requirements. Powai Compliance comprises of functions such as Core Compliance, Trade Surveillance, Electronic Communication Surveillance, Financial Crime Monitoring, Control Room & Disclosure Monitoring and Employee Compliance. The teams provide advisory and operations support to global / regional Compliance teams driven by global / regional policies and regulatory expectations.   Business Unit Overview:   The legal department provides support both to the India businesses and globally as well. The support areas include, but are not limited to IT, HR, ESS and Facilities, litigation, Real Estate, Employment Law, Corporate Secretarial, bond issuances, syndicated lending mandates, margin financing transactions, M&A advisory mandate, other Industry agreements and also drafts and negotiates prime brokerage and various commercial agreements.       Position Specifications

Corporate Title

Executive Director

18+ years with minimum 5 years or above in senior legal leadership roles

LLB/LLM from India/US/UK/EU jurisdiction

Role & Responsibilities -

Role Overview: We are seeking an Executive Director to join our Legal Global Masters Documentation Team, leading complex derivatives master agreement negotiations and providing senior legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions including India, Asia, Japan, EMEA and Americas . This senior role requires a seasoned master agreement and derivatives lawyer with deep technical expertise who can independently manage sophisticated global derivatives documentation while working collaboratively with regional legal teams and senior business stakeholders worldwide.

Contract negotiation and advisory

Lead and independently manage complex negotiation of derivatives documentation ISDA/CSA/CTA (variation margin/initial margin documentation), repurchase and securities lending agreements (GMRA, MRA, GMSLA, MSLA, MSFTA etc.), prime brokerage agreement, clearing documentation, futures & options agreements with respect to various counterparty types such as hedge funds, banks, broker dealers, HNIs, mutual funds, pension funds, insurance and re-insurance providers, etc. Draft, review, and negotiate multi-jurisdictional