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Company Profile
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
Department Profile
Professionals within Legal and Compliance provide a wide range of services to our business units. They might help to structure a complex and sensitive cross-border transaction; advise on a new product introduction; develop a training program or defuse an investor dispute. They preserve the firm's invaluable reputation for integrity and protect the firm from sanctions with policies and procedures that meet regulatory requirements around the world. They also strive to maintain cooperative relationships with governmental policy makers and the regulatory and self-regulatory agencies that govern the firm's businesses.
Background on the Position
- Morgan Stanley is seeking an attorney with experience handling regulatory matters, investigations, and advisory legal work to join its cybersecurity, privacy, fraud and operational resilience legal team. Familiarity with U.S. Federal regulation of the financial services industry's privacy and information security matters not required but a plus. Role will require in-office attendance at least 3 days/week. This role requires that all successful applicants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and provide proof of such vaccinations within 3 days of commencement of employment.
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as a principal legal advisor for cybersecurity, privacy, fraud and operational resilience matters to all Morgan Stanley entities and business units.
- Serve as a collaborative subject matter expert to other lawyers and advising functional areas and regional business units on privacy and data security laws and requirements.
- Partner closely with international data protection counsel to provide strategic direction to the Firm as it navigates complicated privacy and data protection issues.
- Advise on requirements and restrictions on the collection, storage and sharing of sensitive client and employee information.
- Assist in the development of a comprehensive cybersecurity and privacy law program, coordinating privacy, fraud, and information security legal requirements.
- Advise on restrictions on surveillance, monitoring of electronic communications and the use of tracking or profiling.
- Serve as lead counsel responding to information security and operational incidents.
- Develop and maintain notices, policies and procedures for privacy and information security, consistent with applicable international, federal and state laws, rules and guidance.
- Maintain current knowledge of applicable state, federal and international privacy laws and regulations.
QUALIFICATIONS
Skills required
- J.D. with a minimum of 7 years' experience, including experience in or with financial services firms
- Admitted to practice in a U.S. state
- Ability to interact and effectively advise senior members of the Firm and its business units
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to understand practical solutions to legal problems a must
- Polished written and verbal communication skills; position requires executive presence
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a group or independent setting
- Proven track record of meeting deadlines, learning quickly, taking the initiative, working proactively, being resourceful and shouldering additional responsibility
- Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently in an efficient and effective manner
