Associate General Counsel

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) is the company’s legal department. It advises company management on a full range of legal and regulatory issues.

Candidates should have the following qualifications:

• Substantive expertise in the management of federal and state civil litigation
• Conducting internal investigations; and
• Conducting or responding to regulatory inquiries by federal financial regulators
• Ability to develop subject matter expertise on a diverse range of legal issues confronting a multinational financial technology company.
• Ability to advise on applicable standards with respect to best practices in risk mitigation, tracking global legal developments, and recommending and helping implement changes to address emerging risks.
• Experience working with cross-border and multijurisdictional issues in a global setting.
• Background working on regulatory matters in the financial industry.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of project teams.
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced business culture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.
• A high level of professionalism, outstanding judgment, and uncompromising integrity.

Typical duties would include:

• Collaborate with diverse business units globally and define and drive cohesive global litigation strategy.
• Providing legal advice in connection with threatened or actual litigation or regulatory investigations.
• Drafting and responding to demand letters.
• Selecting and supervising outside counsel and expert witnesses.
• Drafting pleadings and/or providing substantive comments on pleadings prepared by outside counsel.
• Managing discovery in civil litigation, including managing document holds, producing documents and data, drafting responses to interrogatories, and preparing witnesses to testify at depositions or in court.
• Assisting in the preparation of outside counsel prior to oral arguments and other court appearances, and occasionally appearing on behalf of Nasdaq in certain proceedings.
• Preparing and making presentations to regulators and policymakers.
• Conducting and/or supporting internal investigations and interviews of Nasdaq employees.
• Managing responses to inquiries, document requests, and subpoenas from regulatory agencies, including negotiating with the agency to limit the scope of a request and retrieving and reviewing responsive documents and data.
• Preparing responses to non-party civil subpoenas.
• Participating in mediations and settlement negotiations and drafting and commenting on settlement agreements.
• Supervising the implementation of settlement agreements.
• Assisting corporate risk personnel with managing claims for insurance coverage related to litigation.
• Conducting law firm requests for proposals and reviewing outside counsel invoices for the purpose of ensuring accuracy and cost control.
• Briefing directors and senior management on actual or threatened litigation and regulatory investigations.
• Advising senior management on developments in the law that may impact their business.

Required:

• Three years’ minimum of relevant experience at a top-tier law firm, global financial or technology corporation, or government agency.
• A J.D. or LLM degree from a top-ranked U.S. law school or foreign equivalent, and admission and good standing with one or more US state bars.