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Attorney Advisor
Commodity Futures Trading Commission · Posted today
About the Role
The Market Participants Division leads the Commission's efforts in protecting market participants and their funds by ensuring the financial integrity, fitness, and fair business conduct of derivatives market intermediaries, such as swap dealers, major swap participants, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, floor brokers, and retail foreign exchange dealers (“Market Participants”).
What You'll Do
- →Renders written or oral legal advice on assigned projects with respect to the relevant provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Act”) and the Commission's regulations, and other statutes, regulations, judicial decisions, and legal opinions that are pertinent.
- →Advice addresses complex issues, including issues associated with the regulation of the derivatives markets and CFTC-registered market intermediaries, and project deliverables include interpretations and application of the Act and the Commission's regulations, as well as advice regarding application of related federal and local laws and regulations.
- →Conducts research or investigation of the facts as well as the laws, regulations, and legal precedents primarily associated with the derivatives and securities markets.
- →On the basis of the research or investigation, prepares necessary legal documents, advisory opinions, drafts or comments on proposed legislation or changes in regulations or other disposition.
- →Drafts new or amended regulations, orders, guidelines, and other regulatory approaches applicable to the derivatives markets, Market Participants and SROs for consideration and adoption by the Commission.
- →Such regulatory approaches are designed to enhance the integrity of the derivatives markets by addressing business conduct standards, sales practices, recordkeeping, capital, and financial reporting requirements for intermediaries Identifies and analyzes issues to be considered and develops proposals and recommendations for consideration and adoption by agency officials.
- →Drafts no-action letters, exemption letters, interpretation letters, and general memoranda pursuant to programs under the Division's direction.
- →Identifies and analyzes issues to be considered and develops proposals and recommendations for consideration and adoption by agency officials.
- →Assists in the review, evaluation, and preparation of reports submitted to the Commission on a Market Participant's or an SRO's compliance program with respect to applicable provisions of the Act and Commission regulations.
- →Assists with the preparation of reports, planning documents, and other Commission and general administrative documents.
- →Reviews the application and execution of the Branch's program functions and activities to ensure consistency among its organizational components in the application of branch, division, and Commission administrative policy.
- →Reviews proposed legislation, changes in regulations, enforcement actions, questions of law, administrative policy, staff reports, and other Commission regulatory documents and develops independent, objective comments, critiques, and recommendations.
- →Presents the positions of the Division on regulatory issues and other matters to other divisions and offices, and where appropriate, to the Commission.
Requirements
- ✓Resume showing all relevant and related experience (2 pages max); JD Transcripts; Most recent performance evaluation (strongly recommended); Veterans' preference documentation, if applicable.
- ✓Successful completion of a full course of study (J.D.) in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
- ✓To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.
- ✓You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criterion, see www.ed.gov.
- ✓For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html U.S.
- ✓Citizenship Favorable Background/Security Investigation Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓May be subject to a two-year trial period.
- ✓Must be an active member of the bar in good standing.
Personality Fit
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