Legal Counsel
Our client is a global corporate and investment bank in growth mode. This organisation offers a full suite of corporate finance products, investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. They have a universal banking platform, a range of award-winning products and an international growth agenda.
Their Leveraged Finance business is going from strength to strength. Its operations have grown considerably in size and complexity over the last 10 years with the addition of new products and business lines.
The legal team who support this Leveraged Finance business consists of 5 lawyers, one of whom is going on maternity leave in December, and we are therefore looking for a maternity cover for circa 1 year.
What will the role involve:
- Review, draft and negotiate new and existing banking and finance documentation (including syndicated and bilateral loan documentation which is based on Loan Markets Association documentation or otherwise) and associated financing and mandate documents for various business stakeholders in the EMEA region.
- Advising, drafting and liaising with business promotion groups and operational and back-office teams on legal issues, structuring, documenting and negotiating treasury and capital market transactions.
- Monitoring and advising on regulatory matters affecting loans and derivatives e.g. bail-in¸ EMIR and related regulations that are important for the bank to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Drafting and/or reviewing Bank wide standard documentation and drafting other miscellaneous documents required by the Bank internally or externally.
- To deal on a proactive basis with questions of a legal nature which arise throughout EMEA Region as a result of the Bank’s customer relationships, operations, regulatory obligations and corporate governance.
What technical experience are we looking for?
- Qualified lawyer 3 to 6 years’ PQE with solid experience in leveraged finance experience, or a broad range of general banking and finance experience gained at a reputable law firm, or from an in-house banking team.
- Strong expertise with market standard loan documentation.
- Strong expertise around drafting documentation and using bank wide systems and Microsoft office.
What softer skills are we looking for?
- To build good interpersonal relationships with stakeholders and to be a team player.
- To be open and approachable and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
- Robust and confident to appropriately challenge/advocate change at all levels of the organisation.
- Being able to confidently and articulately undertake challenging conversations to persuade sceptical audiences, resulting in the best outcome being achieved.
- Being able to influence staff across the firm including those at the most senior level.
Our client will remunerate the successful candidate with a competitive day rate, and this contract will run for up to 1 year. Their hybrid working pattern is 3 days in the office.
If this role is of interest, please connect with us quoting job ref. AYFS 10877.
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