Leanne Mellor
Summary
INTRODUCTION Senior legal and regulatory professional, with 15 years’ investment banking and derivatives experience. Track record of implementing a broad array of documentation and complex regulatory and strategic priorities, managing and transforming teams to achieve compliance, improving business performance and reducing costs.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Global co
Goldman Sachs International
01.2012 - Current
- Head, Regulatory Documentation Group
- Lead a global team of 40+ senior legal professionals responsible for all regulatory remediation projects for the Global Markets Division including, but not limited to, Uncleared Margin Rules for CFTC, Pru, EMIR, SEC, LIBOR, Brexit, netting, SIMM recalibration, equity options
- Responsible for hiring, ongoing training and day to day management
- Responsible for development of templates, policies, playbooks and training materials
- Seconded to US to drive cohesion and implement training during Q1-2, 2022
- Consulting on scoping criteria and collaborating with various teams to report on progress, deliverables, risks and client issues to firmwide management
- Coordinating various global departments across Sales, Trading, Credit, Operations, Engineering, Audit and others to ensure compliance on complex initiatives in the most efficient and cost-effective manner
- Creating and overseeing budgets and management of outside counsel and contractors supporting large scale projects
- Working with internal and external legal tech teams to build out and enhance products to assist with automation, case management and digitisation of agreement data
- Prior to joining the Global Markets Division, negotiated trading documentation for various Sales and Trading desks
- Managed relationships within asset management business, working with business and legal leadership to improve client experience
- Experience of private wealth, FX, IR, Investment Banking loan/intercreditor arrangements
- Prior to the creation of the specialist Regulatory Documentation Group, strategised and implemented global reforms on regulatory changes, working closely with teams in Americas, Asia and external counsel
- Secondment to India during Q1 2016 to upskill and expand APAC team
- Developed and led implementation of automation tools to drive headcount reduction while volume of business continued to increase
- Confident and comfortable working in a fast paced, pressurised environment requiring multitasking and a high degree of self-initiative.
Legal Negotiator
Société Générale
10.2010 - 12.2011
- Lending, PB, Credit Derivatives
- Drafted and negotiated a variety of derivative agreements during secondment including ISDA, CSA, CSD, ACA, GMRA, GMSLA, OSLA, IFEMA, and MGUA for a broad range of FTSE clients
- Led project to update master agreements to new versions of GMRA and GMSLA while engaging with regulatory bodies and wider industry on interpretational issues
- Lead for the credit derivatives business and attended the ISDA WG discussing developments and industry issues on the same
- Provided training to team members and presented at steercos
- Analysed the bank’s documented exposure in relation to open market defaults and developed and implemented a crisis management plan.
Legal Analyst
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP
08.2008 - 12.2011
- OTC Derivatives and Exchange Traded Funds
- Advised and instructed global investment banks on credit derivative defaults and unwinds during the financial crisis (pre-ISDA Determinations Committee)
- Responsibilities included advising on the interpretation of Credit Derivative Definitions for issues including, but not limited to, Publicly Available Information, Valuation Methods, Reference Obligations and settlement periods
- Engaged in and drove to completion a new corporate fee and billing structure
- Drafted and listed ETF bond prospectuses on UK, Ireland and Luxembourg stock exchanges
- Conducted reviews of collateral security documentation and provided evaluative responses on eligibility to replace matured or defaulted collateral, including examining withholding tax and gross-up
- First secondee placed in an investment bank for the Firm.
Education
Barrister - Law
Batchelor of Laws (LLB) - undefined
Qualification (BVC - undefined
School of Law
2007
Class - undefined
Leeds Met University
2006
Timeline
Global co
Goldman Sachs International
01.2012 - Current
Legal Negotiator
Société Générale
10.2010 - 12.2011
Legal Analyst
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP
08.2008 - 12.2011
Barrister - Law
Batchelor of Laws (LLB) - undefined
Qualification (BVC - undefined
School of Law
Class - undefined
Leeds Met University
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