Legal Operations Specialist

Optiver is looking for an adaptable forward thinker to join our team as a Legal Operations Specialist. Our Legal Operations Specialist provides support to the attorneys on our legal team, which will involve close interactions with a variety of functions across Optiver, including finance, corporate strategy, procurement and tax. 

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

What you’ll do:

• Report directly to Optiver’s US Assistant General Counsel; support the Legal team and work closely with the Legal Operations Manager on a variety of tasks and initiatives
• Handle high volume contract management process
• Assist with the drafting, editing, logging, and maintenance of electronic documents
• Assist in the formation of corporate entities and handle corporate housekeeping matters such as annual filings and updates to registrations
• Work closely with the legal group to increase efficiencies in key processes and systems
• Work independently; expected to manage projects and advance business objectives
• Act as the first point of contact for business support teams who interface with externals
• Distill and distribute sensitive information to externals on a need to know basis
• Exercise independent judgment and escalate atypical requests internally as needed

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• 2+ years of experience in in a law firm or legal department
• Excellent written communication skills, with an emphasis on customer-, relationship-building correspondence with internals and externals
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills, ability to quickly master other electronic workflow tools (ex. Confluence and JIRA)
• Experience handling sensitive information  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills and high-degree of attention to detail
• A desire to work in a modern corporate legal department
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening

• Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
• Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.
• Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.