Optiver

An exciting opportunity now exists for a self-motivated, ambitious 1-2 years qualified lawyer to join the Legal team at Optiver as the organisation continues to grow and the team’s involvement in all facets of the business expands.

WHO WE ARE

Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with close to 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies.

Optiver’s Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets, trading a range of products. Established in 1996, we're an active participant on the Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan exchanges, and act as Optiver’s APAC head office. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

In this role, you will work principally to:

• Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts including software contracts, IT supply contracts and market data contracts on behalf of various group companies in APAC.
• Support legal work on enterprise-wide issues such as data privacy.
• Develop and maintain our standard agreements and checklists.
• Help us improve our legal control/assurance systems including policy drafting and maintenance, developing our document management system and reviewing advice received on changes in the law across the jurisdictions we work with in APAC and communicating those changes to the business.
• Help us with our APAC company secretarial work.

In this role, you will also work closely with senior lawyers in the team to:

• Support new business initiatives (risk assessments and contract negotiation/drafting) in respect of our trading activities (new products, new markets, new counterparties and financial intermediaries).

WHO YOU ARE

• Solid law graduate with 1-2+ years PQE in either private practice or in-house roles
• Ideally some experience already gained in a corporate/commercial context
• Strong interest in legal problem solving and using technology to create solutions
• Interest in financial markets and or trading
• Excellent communication skills
• Eagerness to learn; questioning disposition; attention to detail
• Australian citizen or permanent resident

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• The chance to work on a very diverse range of legal issues coming at you from the centre of technology and trading on global share markets
• Competitive remuneration and additional leave entitlements
• Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
• Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista
• Regular social events including an annual company trip

As an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.