We are looking for a Legal Counsel to support our Energy Trading business who can work independently and who will work closely with various departments within IMC, including Risk, Compliance, Finance, Trading and Technology.
TASKS
Your core responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring that IMC Trading's operations are conducted in compliance with legal requirements, IMC policies and ethical business practices
- Contract drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements, including energy trading-related agreements (e.g. BRP-, Gas License-, Hub-, Interconnector-, Border-point-, Exchange-, Broker-, EFET agreements) as well as commercial-, IT/IP-and procurement agreements
- Assist in onboarding with exchanges and TSO's
- Monitor and interpret evolving market legal structures (changes to TSO framework agreements)
- Support licensing and passporting processes across multiple jurisdictions
- Partner with Compliance, Risk, Trading, and Operations teams to ensure legal risk is effectively managed
- Liaise with external counsel in jurisdictions where the company does not have a local presence
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Your skills and experience:
- Academic Law degree
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a Law Firm and/or as In-house Legal Counsel
- Demonstrable knowledge of and experience with Energy- and Contract law
- Should bring a high degree of pragmatism, a strong sense of urgency and initiative
- Motivated, proactive with a hands-on mentality
- Strong and confident communicator
- Collaborative team player with a good sense of humour
- Ability to act independently and perform successfully in a fast paced, technology driven and by times high-pressured environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
About Us
IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we've been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.
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What We Do
IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.
Why Work With Us
At IMC, the best ideas win, regardless of hierarchy. Graduates receive mentorship and make an impact from day one, while experienced hires get to shape their own path in a flexible, high-performance environment. We remove barriers so everyone can grow and help drive one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.
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