# Associate General Counsel and Managing Director for the Americas

**Company**: S&P Dow Jones Indices
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $149,031 to $260,291.25 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

S&P Dow Jones Indices, a leading global provider of index-based concepts, data, and research, seeks an Associate General Counsel and Managing Director for the Americas to join their Best-In-Class Global Legal, Compliance, Risk & Government Affairs Team.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted legal advisor to product, innovation, and commercial teams on emerging DeFi, tokenization, and blockchain initiatives. They will help shape legal frameworks for index construction and licensing in decentralized and tokenized markets, evaluate novel business models, protocols, and partnerships involving digital assets, oracle networks, and blockchain infrastructure, and anticipate regulatory and legal developments affecting DeFi.

Key Responsibilities:

- Play a leading role in shaping S&P Dow Jones Indices' engagement with decentralized finance, digital assets, and blockchain-based market infrastructure

- Structure, draft, negotiate, and advise on complex commercial agreements across DeFi, digital assets, licensing indices for use with financial products, index data subscription and distribution, and the deployment of blockchain technology

- Collaborate closely with legal, product, technology, and commercial leaders to provide practical, forward-looking, strategic, and legal advice on matters pertaining to emerging products and business initiatives

- Support compliance with review and implementation of applicable policies and procedures

- Assist the business in responding to requests for proposal, customer due diligence/risk questionnaires, and special projects as assigned by the manager

Requirements:

- J.D. or LLM and admitted to practice law in any of the states listed within the location

- 6+ years' legal experience, including possibly in an in-house legal environment, with a focus on commercial contract negotiation and drafting

- Demonstrated interest in and familiarity with financial services and investment products, decentralized finance, digital asset regulation, digital asset ecosystems, blockchain infrastructure, and tokenized assets

- Familiarity with data licensing, intellectual property principles, business technology

- Excellent drafting, negotiating, and communication skills

- Capability to manage high-volume, complex environments with sound judgment and adaptability

Compensation and Benefits:

- Anticipated base salary range: $149,031 to $260,291.25 USD

- Eligible for an annual incentive plan and additional S&P Global benefits, including health care coverage, flexible downtime, continuous learning, and retirement planning

## Skills

### Required
- DeFi
- blockchain
- digital assets
- commercial contract negotiation
- drafting
- data licensing
- intellectual property

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