Alexander Nicklen
Morpeth,Northumberland,
Summary
Conscientious legal professional specialising in financial derivatives/investment banking. Confident and knowledgeable in negotiating complex trading documentation, and leading multifaceted contract negotiation and repapering projects. Committed to achieving the best results for clients in the most efficient ways possible.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Legal Consultant (Financial Derivatives)
Document Risk Solutions
Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
2020.06 - Current
- Negotiate 'BAU' financial derivatives trading documentation (ISDAs, GMRAs, collateral arrangements) for a leading British investment bank.
- Since February 2023, I've been leading a project to negotiate collateral terms/'collateral schedules' for a leading British investment bank's regulatory 'Initial Margin' obligations with its trading counter-parties.
- Between around June 2020 and April 2022, I was part of, and then led, a leading British investment bank's project to amend its derivatives trading documentation to remove references to phased-out interest rates ('IBORS') and to update them to new replacement rates ('Risk-free rates').
- Between early 2021 and late 2022, I managed one of a leading British investment bank's 'prime brokerage' documentation inboxes & I led a small team of paralegals that negotiated much of the documentation that came into that inbox.
- I lead an internal project to produce advice on how to read and understand industry legal opinions (so-called 'netting' and 'collateral' enforceability opinions).
- I have also been responsible for writing and maintaining an internal 'playbook' on one of the main financial derivatives-trading documents called the '2016 ISDA Credit Support Annex for Variation Margin'.
Graduate Business Development Executive
Document Risk Solutions
Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
2019.12 - 2020.06
- Helped develop the sales strategy and materials for an internal new compliance software that's focused on the U.K's Financial Conduct Authority's ('FCA') 'Senior Managers and Certification Regime' ('SMCR'). I initially did much sales research.
- My role evolved from the traditional business development sales role to more of a regulatory and legal one. I did much research on the SMCR and the FCA's rules in general, which was used to help develop the software and the marketing materials for it.
- My most important contribution was writing much of the 'user manual' for the software. I also wrote some blog posts for the software's sales website.
- Carried out quality assurance testing to identify bugs in software builds.
Education
Master of Science - International Business Management
2018.09 - 2019.09
Bachelor of Arts - Politics & History
2015.09 - 2018.09
Skills
- Corporate law in general & financial derivatives in-particular
- Reviewing contracts
- Complex contract negotiation
- Regulatory compliance
- Learning new complex information and summarising it for non-specialist stakeholders
- Employee training
- Staff Management
- Attention to detail
Interests
- Reading non-fiction, and learning new knowledge.
- Medical science and history (especially infectious diseases).
- History and Asian history in particular.
- Baking.
- Fitness & health.
- Joining interest groups and meeting new people.
Languages
English
Native
Timeline
Legal Consultant (Financial Derivatives) - Document Risk Solutions
2020.06 - Current
Graduate Business Development Executive - Document Risk Solutions
2019.12 - 2020.06
Newcastle University - Master of Science, International Business Management
2018.09 - 2019.09
Newcastle University - Bachelor of Arts, Politics & History
2015.09 - 2018.09