Corporate Counsel

Overview

Job Title : Corporate Counsel

Location : Washington, D.C.; Hybrid

Status : Full-time; Exempt

Reports to : Chief Operations Officer

Direct Reports : N / A

Typical Work Hours : 8 : 30 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. Monday to Friday

Since 1999, Monex USA has provided corporate clients with the best foreign exchange (FX) and international payment solutions in the industry. Monex USA guides thousands of clients, from a broad spectrum of industry sectors, through the intricacies of the currency markets. Our unique market insight is widely recognized in main-line business media such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, and CNBC.

The Corporate Counsel provides legal guidance to Monex USA. Their primary duties include structuring solutions for disputes, providing support in legal issues and reviewing legal materials and contracts. This position reports to the Chief Operations Officer.

Responsibilities

• Manage Legal team.
• Assist executives in implementing the company’s visions, plans and strategies as a whole.
• Maintain the company’s legal files, ensuring that the working practices are in accordance with its policies and regulations.
• Ensure that a full clear audit trail is available and accessible for management information.
• Exercise sound, accurate, and objective judgment at all times, acting with integrity and in the best interests of the company.
• Review, negotiate, draft and advise on the terms and conditions of a diverse range of contracts and agreements to ensure that they do not expose the business or subsidiaries to unreasonable risk, comply with current legislation, are appropriate for the business status, and follow the business policies, procedures and the applicable country’s regulations.
• Meet with employees at all levels across the businesses and clients to gather information and explain legal risk in a clear and succinct manner, in terms that can be understood by non-legal colleagues at any level within the business or its subsidiaries to ensure that contracts and agreements are understood, and risks are mitigated.
• Maintain legal files to ensure a full clear audit trail is available and ensuring accessibility for management information.
• Undertake their own research to keep up to date with all relevant international legal and compliance developments affecting the business and its subsidiaries.
• Meet strict deadlines.
• Provide training and guidance to staff on legal compliance and best practices related to international operations.
• Prepare legal summaries and reports for management and the Board of Directors.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

Travel Requirements

Compensation

Benefits

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