Senior Legal Counsel - Finance

Liberty Global; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join their dynamic Finance Legal team in London. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on receivables financing transactions and strategic partnerships within a global, entrepreneurial environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in securitisation and excellent negotiation skills. Join a passionate team that values innovation and collaboration while providing competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth. If you are ready to make a significant impact in the legal field, this position is tailored for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary + Bonus

25 days annual leave

Wellbeing and mental health benefits

Matched pension contribution up to 10%

Car benefit scheme

Online learning platform access

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with experience in receivables financing and securitisation.
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills required for financing documents.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal aspects of financing transactions and advise on structuring.
• Collaborate with multi-jurisdictional teams and external counsel.

Skills

Receivables Financing

Securitisation

Negotiation

Drafting Skills

Project Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Education

Relevant Degree in Law

Professional Qualifications

Job description

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We’re looking for a Senior Legal Counsel – Finance to join our Legal team in London, UK

We’re looking for a qualified solicitor to join Liberty Global’s dynamic Finance Legal team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our team, with a particular focus on Liberty Blume’s (one of our subsidiaries) fast growing and expanding business that originates receivables financing products for the Liberty Global group and beyond.

A significant part of the role will be deal based and assisting on receivables financing transactions, including drafting and negotiating financing documents. There will also be a general advisory element, as well as assisting with strategic opportunities, such as developing bespoke products for new clients and strategic partnerships.

The successful candidate will assist on receivables financing transactions in multiple jurisdictions, including on- and off-balance sheet securitisations and factoring facilities (non-recourse/true sale and recourse).

Key Accountabilities

• Working in a global, entrepreneurial, highly dynamic and driven environment, focussed on the highest standards of execution and delivery of financing products
• Day to day responsibility for managing the legal aspects of transactional activity, including advising on structuring, managing external counsel to ensure execution within the required timescale and budget, and drafting, negotiating and finalising relevant transaction documents (with appropriate external counsel support on larger transactions eg securitisations) to obtain the best possible terms, including commercial term sheets, mandate/commitment letters, fee letters, securitisation transaction documents, factoring agreements, security agreements, NDAs and intercompany agreements
• Working collaboratively in large, multi-jurisdictional teams involving experts in the wider Liberty Global Legal team (based across London, Amsterdam and Denver) and other Liberty Global functions and internal stakeholders including Liberty Blume origination, Treasury, M&A, Tax, Accounting/Finance, Reporting, and operational business teams
• Working with the business to identify risk and escalating where appropriate (as well as recommending mitigation strategies and implementing solutions)
• Managing upwards, keeping more senior members of the team informed about important issues, presenting clearly and precisely to stakeholders, and enabling others to understand the key facts and issues
• Building and maintaining relationships with external legal counsel, banks, trustees, etc.
• Staying up to date with legal developments, as well as supporting the team in maintaining and developing know how, precedents and training materials
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

• Relevant Degree level education / relevant professional qualifications in law
• Strong receivables financing / securitisation background is essential; either be an associate in a securitization team in a top tier private practice firm or may be an in-house securitisation lawyer with experience of a wide range of receivables financing transactions
• Experience of negotiating and excellent drafting skills, as some products/documents are drafted in house
• Solutions orientated and able to analyse and understand complex financing structures and technical details, as part of the role will be advising origination on developing new products
• Commercially minded and able to exercise skill and good judgement in making sound, logical and justifiable decisions
• Dynamic and proficient in managing multiple material matters at any one time – able to manage stress and to work calmly and quickly under pressure
• Proactive/self starter and comfortable working autonomously or in small teams as well as in cross-functional and cross-jurisdictional teams
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Telecoms experience is an advantage but not a requirement
• Self-knowledge – ability to know own limits and to manage these
• Strong moral/ethical convictions
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary + Bonus
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team
  
  

Who We Are

We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.

Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.

With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.

We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.

Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.

Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.

And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. We’re 100% committed to having a workforce that represents every part of our society. So we’re keen to hear from candidates of all background and circumstances.

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