Trade Finance & Lending Lawyer – Legal Counsel – 1-3PQE – Top tier bank

Eximius Law; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank in London is seeking a Trade Finance and Lending Legal Counsel to support its legal team. Ideal candidates will have 1-3 years PQE and a strong background in lending and trade finance. This role offers excellent professional development and the opportunity to work on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangement

Great learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in general/bilateral lending and trade finance transactions is preferred.
• Ability to navigate a regulatory framework is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Advise on new products and initiatives within Trade Finance and Lending.
• Work with stakeholders to structure products and produce legal documentation.
• Provide transactional support and guidance on compliance issues.

Skills

Business acumen

Collaborative skills

Confidence

Education

1-3 years post-qualified experience (PQE)

Job description

Exciting new in-house role in the Trade Finance & Lending legal team of a well-known investment bank, based in London. As Trade Finance and Lending Legal Counsel you are supporting the Legal function in Transactions, Global Credit Markets Lending and Corporate Banking matters.

In this role you will advise on new products and initiatives, as well as working with the Head of Legal and other stakeholders to structure these new products and initiatives, and to produce legal documentation. You will also give transactional support and provide guidance on legal/product issues to ensure compliance with the business’ risk management framework. Complex transactional work you will be assisting on includes multi-product and/or multi-jurisdictional transactions in collaboration with relevant product specialist Lawyers, regional and country Heads of Legal in and for Europe.

The Legal Team and wider business you would be working in, provides great learning opportunities and a flexible working arrangement.

This Finance and Lending role is for someone who is looking to take their career in-house, working for a top investment bank or someone who has already worked in-house in a similar capacity through a permanent role or secondment.

The successful candidate must be 1-3 years post-qualified (PQE) with previous experience in general/bilateral lending and preferably also in trade finance transactions. Business acumen and knowledge of relevant regulatory framework is a plus. If you consider yourself as a collaborative, confident and continuously striving Junior Lawyer, please get in touch and send your CV to [e-mail]