The position focuses on transactional and regulatory matters involving derivatives and related trading relationships, encompassing day-to-day documentation and complex derivatives transactions in connection with financings, acquisitions, capital markets, credit risk transfer, and other strategic or structured transactions.
Required experience includes negotiating ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, and other derivatives documentation.
Required experience also includes prime brokerage, repurchase, securities lending, futures, clearing, custody, or related trading arrangements.
Experience in structuring and documenting equity, credit, interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity, or other derivatives transactions, including bespoke hedging and risk transfer transactions, is required.
Advising on derivatives regulatory matters, including Dodd-Frank, CFTC requirements, and margin rules, is also a required area of experience.
Experience representing investment managers, private funds, corporate end users, or other buy-side market participants is preferred, though candidates with significant dealer-side or in-house derivatives experience are also encouraged.

Derivatives Associate

3+ PQE · September 17, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

Sidley Austin LLP

3+ PQE · September 17, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

Salary

$260,000 - $365,000

Employment type

Full-time

Practice area

· Derivatives · Dodd-Frank · Transactional

Location

New York City

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Overview

The position focuses on transactional and regulatory matters involving derivatives and related trading relationships, encompassing day-to-day documentation and complex derivatives transactions in connection with financings, acquisitions, capital markets, credit risk transfer, and other strategic or structured transactions.
Required experience includes negotiating ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, and other derivatives documentation.
Required experience also includes prime brokerage, repurchase, securities lending, futures, clearing, custody, or related trading arrangements.
Experience in structuring and documenting equity, credit, interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity, or other derivatives transactions, including bespoke hedging and risk transfer transactions, is required.
Advising on derivatives regulatory matters, including Dodd-Frank, CFTC requirements, and margin rules, is also a required area of experience.
Experience representing investment managers, private funds, corporate end users, or other buy-side market participants is preferred, though candidates with significant dealer-side or in-house derivatives experience are also encouraged.

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Last updated: November 10, 2026