Legal Counsel

IMC seeks a Legal Counsel (4+ years’ experience) to provide commercial contracts legal support across various departments including Technology, Compliance, Trading, Finance and Human Resources. This position will offer general legal advice on a variety of matters, with its primary focus on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial arrangements.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

• Draft, negotiate, and review commercial contracts, including technology agreements, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements and other business and legal arrangements.
• Advise stakeholders of potential risks in contractual areas and propose risk mitigation strategies; provide creative and legally sound solutions for resolution of disputes with commercial business partners.
• Research and author legal memorandum regarding various emerging issues including technology, open source, and intellectual property law.
• Review existing policies and procedures of IMC, identify areas for continuous improvement; formulate and draft policies and procedures, as required.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Candidate must have a Juris Doctorate, top academic credentials, and be a member in good standing of the Illinois bar.
• Law firm experience or prior in-house experience in the financial services or technology sectors is preferred.
• The ideal candidate will be able to work independently under tight deadlines, and possess excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent management skills and business judgment with a capacity to make decisions and give advice, which demonstrates an understanding of overall business objectives and the risks/rewards of each situation.  
• Strong research and writing skills, and a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a non-legal audience, are required.

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.