General Counsel
About the job
- Juris Doctor degree and at least 10 years of relevant legal experience.
- Comfort with the use of evolving technologies in business.
- Active license to practice law and good standing with the applicable bar association.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build relationships, actively listen, and influence stakeholders by adapting communication style to different audiences.
- Provide day-to-day strategic legal counsel to executives and management on organizational and corporate developments, with particular attention to technology-related matters and applicable United States state, federal, and global legal requirements.
- Advise on corporate organizational matters and strategic transactions, including potential mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and other corporate initiatives.
- Provide counsel on compensation, employment, and workforce-related legal matters.
- Advise on immigration, trade, and other cross-border legal matters relevant to the company’s global operations, with particular attention to requirements affecting its New York and Connecticut operations.
- Serve as a trusted legal and strategic partner to executive management, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to management and other team members.
- Lead and manage commercial, technology, intellectual property, and related legal matters in partnership with Associate General Counsel and other in-house legal resources.
- Provide senior-level legal judgment and decision-making support for corporate negotiations, commercial matters, and significant business and legal risks.
- Guide members of the legal team in managing and coordinating internal legal resources and external counsel, including the effective allocation of legal work and resources.
- Oversee other general corporate legal matters as needed and assume additional areas of responsibility based on the General Counsel’s expertise, interests, and the evolving needs of the company.
- Experience at a private fund manager, a law firm, regulated exchange, financial technology company, trading firm, or other financial services organization.
About the company
Trexquant is a quantitative finance firm that builds multi-asset portfolios using machine learning. It develops investment and research tools that ingest a wide range of data variables to create complex trading models and strategies, which in turn generate trading signals. These signals guide decisions across global markets. The product works by applying advanced machine learning to large datasets to create predictive models and rule-based strategies, which drive portfolio construction and trading actions through the firm’s platform. Trexquant differentiates itself by emphasizing the breadth of data it uses and the depth of machine-learning driven models to craft multi-asset portfolios, aiming to produce signals that outperform global market conditions. The company’s goal is to generate investment performance that beats benchmarks by using data-driven signals and diversified, multi-asset strategies.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Stamford, Connecticut
Founded
2012
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- On January 13, 2026, Trexquant announced a New York City office for Fall 2026.
- Trexquant Careers posted a September 5, 2026 opening for Head of Systematic Macro Strategy.
- Oxford Ledge tracked Q1 2026 holdings growth to $13.8 billion, up 23.2% quarter-over-quarter.
What critics are saying
- Trexquant competes with Citadel, Man Group, and Two Sigma for scarce quant researchers.
- Alpha decay and crowding can erase statistical-arbitrage edges within months after signal discovery.
- A 2026 drawdown would trigger redemptions, compress fees, and threaten Trexquant's franchise.
What makes Trexquant unique
- Trexquant's TREX QUANTA platform unifies research, simulation, and collaboration for alpha development.
- The firm runs market-neutral global equity portfolios using machine learning and data science.
- Its Q1 2026 13F reported 1,561 positions and $13.8 billion in equities.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits
- Performance Bonus