Legal Associate

Human Intuition. Machine Intelligence. Relentless Exploration.

Exceptional trading emerges where human intuition meets frictionless experimentation. Our platform and processes enable traders to rapidly investigate ideas, identify emergent patterns, and convert insights into live strategies. This synthesis creates a flywheel of discovery — the key to our pursuit of excellence.

The Role :

We are looking for a driven Legal Associate to join Summit Securities Group. This is a position designed for an attorney earlier in their career who wants to solve meaningful legal problems while gaining broad exposure to the end-to-end operations of a trading firm. In this role, you will contribute directly to the foundational frameworks that protect our trading lifecycle.

You will gain exposure to two primary areas :

• Commercial & Trading Agreements : Supporting the business by drafting, reviewing, and managing the lifecycle of trading, vendor, and technology contracts.
• Regulatory & Corporate Governance : Assisting with the maintenance of the firm’s compliance framework, monitoring regulatory developments, and supporting corporate governance initiatives.

Responsibilities :

You Bring :

Core Competencies :

Contract Proficiency : Strong command of contract drafting and negotiation. You can write clean, concise, and effective legal provisions.

Ideal Profile :

We Offer :

The Base Salary Range is $125,000 - $175,000. These ranges are representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Summit Securities Group. Which range a candidate fits into and where a candidate falls in the range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. These ranges represent Base Salary only, which is just one element of our total compensation. The ranges stated do not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses.

We offer competitive compensation packages, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. We believe that working together in person helps solve the complex challenges we solve. We require employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing colleagues.

Our top priority is our people. We invest in a culture that promotes togetherness, helping each other through challenges and celebrating each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by having diverse high-performance workforces — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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