Associate, Advisory

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What You'll Be Doing

As an Associate in the Advisory, Wealth Solutions Group, you will serve as a primary trading floor liaison, providing expertise in transaction control, product development, and legal risk management to ensure compliance and alignment with CIBC's strategic objectives. You’re a results-driven lawyer with 1-3 years’ experience in a transactional practice, who possesses a keen interest in corporate, securities or derivatives law, strong communication skills, attention to detail, and an ability to multitask in a dynamic environment.

This role is a rare opportunity for you as a goal-oriented legal professional, to join an innovative front office team on the trading floor, grow your skill set and be exposed to a challenging role in capital markets.
- At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. To successfully perform the work, you’ll be on-site full-time_

How You’ll Succeed- Transaction Liaison - Contribute as a primary trading floor liaison with internal and external transaction control and approval functions.- Product Development - Provide expertise and oversight in the development of new and novel investment products across a number of underlying markets.- Product Documentation - Draft disclosure for customized structured notes, OTC derivatives, FX and rates products, equity financing and hedging solutions, and depositary receipts.- Ensure Compliance - Ensure transactions and products are structured to achieve legal, regulatory, tax, and operational objectives for CIBC and its clients.- Manage Risk - Participate in trading floor quality control and legal & reputational risk management functions, ensuring transactions are aligned with CIBC reputational & legal risk policies.- Collaborate with Internal Partners - Work closely with a number of internal partners, including Structuring, Sales, Trading, Legal, Treasury, and Taxation Division.- Adhere to Corporate Governance Practices - Work effectively within CIBC's corporate governance practices and policies (e.g., Risk Management, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Compliance) to ensure all potential risks are appropriately addressed and that CIBC legal/reputation issues and shareholder objectives are covered, and to promote the firm’s vision, mission, and values.

Who You Are- You are a Lawyer with 1 to 3 years’ working with a large transaction-oriented Canadian law firm, with an emphasis on securities, corporate finance and/or derivatives law.- You are familiar with the brokerage industry, wealth management, structured products, derivatives and financial markets- You know that details matter. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.- You’re a skilled communicator. You have excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills, and analytical and conceptual skills- You are results driven. You are focused and driven to achieve the goals for the business unit.- You embrace and advocate for change. You continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. You thrive in a dynamic and ever-changing market environment.- You're motivated by collective success. You know that teamwork can transform a good idea into a great one. You know that an inclusive team that enjoys working together can bring a vision to life.- Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.- We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.- Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.- We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
- Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to knowYou need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, mu