About Exegy
Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive Legal Counsel to support our Legal and Compliance team. This role is central to improving the efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness of our department’s daily operations, process management, and technology utilization. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to delivering operational excellence.
Responsibilities
Legal and Compliance
Serve as primary attorney drafting and negotiating Exegy’s commercial agreements with customers and vendors
Manage the contract lifecycle in partnership with internal stakeholders
Support corporate legal functions, including maintenance of corporate records, policies, and agreement templates
Lead responses to customer due diligence questionnaires (DDQs), coordinating internal reviews to ensure timely completion
Conduct legal assessments of third-party vendors, including review of vendor DDQ responses
Develop, document, and maintain operational procedures and workflows for contract management, litigation support, internal investigations, and compliance training
Technology and Systems
Serve as primary administrator and point-of-contact for key legal tools (e.g., CLM systems, matter management platforms)
Support evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies to improve departmental efficiency
Create and deliver training materials for new processes, systems, and technology tools
Administration
Review departmental invoices for compliance with billing guidelines and coordinate with outside counsel and vendors
Assist in tracking and monitoring the Legal and Compliance department budget
Our Ideal Candidate Has:
5+ years experience with a major law firm’s corporate, M&A, or IP practice groups or in-house legal department at a technology company
JD from accredited law school required; admitted to practice law in Illinois, New York, California, or Missouri
Review departmental invoices for compliance with billing guidelines and coordinate with outside counsel and vendors
Assist in tracking and monitoring the Legal and Compliance department budget
Technical Skills
Excellent legal writing and drafting skills
Experience with corporate transactions, technology licensing, and intellectual property
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive)
Strong working knowledge of legal tech tools (CLM, e-billing, matter management)
Experience with AI tools and familiarity with corporate governance practices
Soft Skills
Exceptional organization and attention to detail
Ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously and meet deadlines
Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
Proactive, self-starter with strong problem-solving orientation
Skills Required
- 5+ years experience in corporate, M&A, or IP practice groups
- JD from accredited law school
- Admitted to practice law in Illinois, New York, California, or Missouri
- Excellent legal writing and drafting skills
- Experience with corporate transactions, technology licensing, and intellectual property
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
What We Do
Exegy provides ultra-high performance, hardware-accelerated computing appliances that process market data for financial organizations. Exegy is the established leader in providing real-time market data solutions with an unparalleled combination of speed, capacity, features, and service. Today Exegy serves as a strategic partner to leading principal traders, agency brokers, exchanges, Alternative Trading System (ATS) and dark pool operators, market makers, hedge funds, and asset managers. Guided by these strategic relationships, Exegy has expanded their offerings to include historical market data solutions that deliver essential testing, analysis, and compliance capabilities to data-driven, automated trading strategies. In addition, Exegy’s investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) drive Signum – a game-changing portfolio of predictive trading signals that are delivered in real-time, synchronously with low-latency market data. Learn more about the Signum portfolio of real-time trading signals at exegy-signum.com. At the heart of Exegy solutions are purpose-built, hardware-accelerated appliances derived from an extensive portfolio of patented and patent-pending technology. All solutions are delivered as a fully managed service backed by a global team of experts and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Exegy delivers a premium user experience from its regional offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong, as well as its 24/7 operations center at its St. Louis headquarters. Exegy promotes the design of robust electronic markets through its MarketDataPeaks service that reports real-time market data feed rates.
