Your Role:

The Goldman Legal Division is looking for a sharp, commercially minded attorney to join the team responsible for advising the firm’s equity options business within Global Banking & Markets.  You will work with your colleagues to address a broad and diverse range of legal and regulatory questions and issues that arise in connection with options sales and trading, with a particular focus on listed options and low touch options businesses, as well as other core equities sales and trading businesses in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

In this role, you will be on the frontlines serving as a trusted advisor to the business and control-side colleagues and will have exposure to all aspects of a dynamic business in a rapidly growing market.  You will also play an important role in helping the firm navigate and influence the evolving regulatory and market structure landscape.

Your Responsibilities

• Provide legal and regulatory advice to key business stakeholders in Goldman’s equity options business, focused on sales and trading practices, exchange rules, client coverage matters, and various general regulatory obligations. 
• Serve as primary legal advisor in connection with development of new and expanded businesses, services and products and partner with key stakeholders across the firm to help understand and manage the potential legal and regulatory risks.
• Assist in advocacy on a broad range of regulatory, rulemaking, and market structure matters with relevant government agencies, including the SEC, and SROs, including FINRA, OCC, and the options exchanges.  Assist in advocacy in connection with legislative rulemaking and policies. 
• Collaborate with other control-side teams, including compliance, risk management, controllers, operations and engineering to address relevant legal and regulatory requirements impacting equity options sales and trading and developing policies and best practices.
• Monitor legal, regulatory and market structure developments affecting options trading and advise stakeholders accordingly.
• Assist legal and compliance teams in managing litigation and regulatory matters, internal and external audits and examinations.  

• A licensed attorney with 4+ years of experience and outstanding law firm credentials and/or relevant in-house experience at financial services companies. 
• Deep knowledge of U.S. securities laws and regulations, with a strong grasp of exchange rules and clearing structures.   
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with dynamic and shifting priorities. 
• A structured, intellectually curious thinker and clear communicator who can distill complex legal issues into actionable guidance for business teams.
• Strong sense of ownership and responsibility and a self-starter who is capable of building and leveraging an internal network of resources and support.
• Sound legal and business judgment, with a focus on both risk management and commercial priorities