General Counsel
Gelber GroupAbout the Role
As Gelber Group's General Counsel, you will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team at one of the industry's leading proprietary trading firms, acting as both the firm's chief legal advisor and a trusted business partner whose judgment shapes decisions across the organization.
You will lead the Legal function while remaining actively engaged in substantive legal work, partnering with business leaders to assess risk, supporting commercial objectives, and translating legal and regulatory complexity into practical business solutions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on legal, regulatory, governance, and strategic matters
- Lead the firm's Legal function and oversee the Compliance function through a collaborative partnership with the Chief Compliance Officer
- Advise on financial markets regulation, exchange matters, corporate governance, and strategic initiatives
- Lead or oversee regulatory inquiries, examinations, investigations, and enforcement matters
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, technology, licensing, employment, and vendor agreements
- Protect Gelber's technology, intellectual property, trading strategies, confidential information, talent, and reputation
- Direct the firm's use of outside counsel and specialized legal resources
Requirements
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and licensed (or eligible for admission) in Illinois
- Approximately 10–20 years of relevant legal experience, including substantial in-house and/or regulatory experience
- Deep experience supporting sophisticated financial markets businesses, ideally including proprietary trading, hedge funds, exchanges, regulators, or similar environments
- Strong knowledge of financial markets regulation, including the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, exchange rules, and related regulatory frameworks
- Experience leading legal teams, managing projects, building organizations, and partnering with senior stakeholders
- Experience advising on corporate governance, commercial contracts, intellectual property, technology licensing, data governance, vendor relationships, employment matters, and international legal issues
- Proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives and deliver practical, business-oriented advice
- Experience directing outside counsel and specialized legal resources
- Unquestioned integrity, intellectual curiosity, humility, accountability, responsiveness, and sound business judgment
What You'll Get
- $225k–$275k base salary
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement program with discretionary employer match
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical coverage provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield (PPO and HDHP/HSA) and dental coverage; generous employer cost-sharing
- Tuition reimbursement for Undergraduate and Graduate courses
- Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care; pre-tax commuter benefits for parking and transit expenses
- Life insurance and long-term disability coverage
- Health club membership with on-site facilities (and reciprocal memberships)
- Generous vacation time (23-day accrual in first full calendar year of employment; prorated accrual in initial year), paid holidays, and paid maternity/paternity leave
- Weekly catered lunches and monthly continental breakfasts
- Social events including sponsored 5k races and annual company party
- Enjoyable work environment including golf simulator
- Employee referral bonus program
- Charitable giving and company matching opportunities
- Casual, relaxed dress code